In breast cancer, HOTAIR is necessary to recruit PRC2 to its genomic targets, which is required for the latter to establish the repressor marks H3K27me3 in certain tumor suppressor genes that play pivotal roles in the inhibition of metastasis such as Hoxd10, PGR (progesterone receptor), PCDH (Protocadherin 10) or Jam2 (junctional adhesion molecule). Here, HOTAIR is linked to breast cancer.