Thereafter, cell number monitoring assays and colony formation assays (CFA) further revealed that lncRNA-ZFAS1 overexpression significantly enhanced the cell growth and colony formation capacity of SW620 and SW480 cells, whereas the lncRNA-ZFAS1 depletion suppressed the cell proliferative and colonic abilities of these two types of CRC cells (P < 0.0001, Figure 2E, 2F). The gene discussed is ZFAS1; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.