ZFAS1 and cancer: A total of 69 miRNAs were identified to interact with ZFAS1 using starBase database (Supplementary Table 3), among which miR-7-5p was chosen for further evaluation for its reported role in regulating ferroptosis in various cell types, including cardiomyocyte, malignant HeLa cells, and clinically relevant radioresistant cancer cells [34, 35, 52].