Xia et al. (57) performed cytological experiments in U87MG cell, a GBM cell line derived from astrocytoma, and concluded that ANG inhibited GBM cell apoptosis and that ANG could activate NF-kappaB pathway by regulating the expression of FHL3, thereby promoting GBM progression. This evidence concerns the gene FHL3 and astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma).