Other studies have shown that lncRNA GAS5 (Dong et al., 2019) and lncRNA LOC102551149 (Dong et al., 2020) can decrease the expressions of miRNA-23a and miR-23a-5p, respectively, increase the level of PTEN, and suppress liver fibrosis via acting on the PI3K/Akt/mTOR/Snail signaling pathway. Here, PTEN is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.