Furthermore, the axis of lncRNA MALAT1/miR-202-3p/matricellular proteins, periostin, was shown to play an important role in regulating cell viability, cell migration and invasion, and EMT of cervical cancer cells through activating Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, whereas miR-202-3p upregulation reduced cancer progression [53]. Here, MALAT1 is linked to cervical carcinoma.