Up-regulated tumor-promoting lncRNAs such as MALAT1, UCA1, H19, HIF1A-AS2 and down-regulated tumor suppressor lncRNAs such as NBAT1, GASS, RNCR3, etc., all of which play an important role in the formation and malignant progression of gliomas (16, 17). Here, UCA1 is linked to neoplasm.