Both authors reported an active role for this lncRNA in tumorigenesis and in a CRC (colorectal cancer) model, and interestingly, Zhao demonstrated that LINC02418 upregulated maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) expression by acting as a ceRNA, which absorbs miR-1273g-3p [40,41]. Here, MELK is linked to colorectal cancer.