Nuclear receptor subfamily two group F member 1-antisense RNA 1 (NR2F1-AS1)/miR-190a/Pleckstrin Homology Like Domain Family Member 2 (PHLDB2), a ceRNA, can facilitate the EMT process of GC cells, and PHLDB2 can enhance the expression and phosphorylation of AKT3 to promote the EMT process of GC cells (Lv et al., 2021). The gene discussed is PHLDB2; the disease is gastric cancer.