TGFB1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Studies of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC cells) [95] revealed the ability of lncRNA-ATB (activated by TGF-β) to promote EMT, invasion and metastasis through its ceRNA activity against miR-200 members, which subtracts (sponges) the miRNAs from mRNAs coding for ZEBs and other EMT-promoting factors.