NEAT1 and cancer: After bioinformatics analysis and experiment verification, NEAT1 was proved to target miR-582-5p and negatively modulate miR-582-5p expression, which was similar to a previous research uncovering that miR-582-5p can be targeted by NEAT1 to promote the EMT of lung bronchial epithelial cells and the acquisition of cancer stem cell-like characteristics [19].