SNHG7 and Hepatic fibrosis: SNHG7 knockdown experiments performed in activated HSCs inhibited type I collagen expression (Yu et al., 2017b), as well as collagen deposition and hydroxyproline due to carbon tetrachloride were similarly blocked by silencing of SNHG7 in vivo, suggesting that inhibition of liver fibrosis can be mediated by downregulation of SNHG7 (Yu et al., 2017b).