MZF1 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: In this line, Zsófia Gál and collaborators found OIP5-AS1 and MZF1-AS1 differentially expressed in whole blood of adults with allergic rhinitis vs. adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and higher expression levels of OIP5-AS1 from whole blood of adults with allergic asthma versus adults with non-allergic asthma [24].