DUXAP8 and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Subsequently, RT-qPCR was performed to verify their expressions, which also demonstrated that lncRNA DUXAP8 was upregulated (Figure 2E), miR-29a was downregulated (Figure 2F), and PIK3CA was overexpressed (Figure 2G) in R-ALL patients compared to S-ALL patients (all p < 0.05).