lncRNA MACC1-AS1 in pancreatic cancer (PC) is also upregulated and associated with bad prognosis (Qi et al., 2019), its KD prevents the metastasis of PC cells by promoting the expression of paired-box gene 8 (PAX8), which is essential in activating NOTCH 1 signaling and enhancing cell aerobic glycolysis (Qi et al., 2019). Here, PAX8 is linked to pancreatic neoplasm.