XIST and cardiac hypertrophy: Numerous investigations have revealed that long non-coding RNAs played critical regulatory roles under stressful situation: lncRNAs Mhrt, XIST, MIAT, Chast, CHRF, ROR, H19, and Plscr4 are involved in myocardial hypertrophy, whereas XIST, MALAT1, GAS5, Neat1, AK139328, APF, CAIF, AK088388, CARL, HOTAIR, and NRF are involved in cardiomyocytes apoptosis and necrosis.