Compared with the HPNE cells, the expression level of lncRNA LZTS1-AS1 was significantly increased in all pancreatic cancer cell lines (Fig. 1A, P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), of which CFPAC-1 and Capan-1 were the most prominent. Here, LZTS1 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.