Using this method, we have been able to amass evidence through the analysis of 3.9 TBase of RNA-SEQ data across 27 publications documenting the expression of a novel pancRNA overlapping the IPF-associated rs35705950 SNP implicated in MUC5B overexpression, annotated as AC061979.1 by GENCODE. Here, MUC5B is linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.