COL6A3 and colorectal cancer: For example, Zhang et al. revealed that the hsa_circ_0006401 generated from col6a3 that contains an open reading frame (ORF) and encodes a novel 198-aa functional peptide, and the encoded hsa_circ_0006401 peptides could promote the stability of the host gene col6a3 mRNA at the post-transcriptional level, thereby promoting colorectal cancer (CRC) proliferation and metastasis [50] (Fig. 5A).