At the tissue level, kcnq1ot1 regulates caspase-1 expression in cardiac fibroblasts via miR-214-3p and thereby reduces irreversible myocardial fibrosis due to myocyte pyroptosis, as evidenced by the elevation induced by kcnq1ot1 silencing, leading to significant inhibition of miR-214-3p-targeted caspase-1 and its downstream inflammatory cytokine IL-1β is significantly inhibited (75). This evidence concerns the gene IL1B and Myocardial fibrosis.