MAFG and liver cancer: In liver cancer, MAFG-AS1 sponges miR-3196 to increase STRN4 expression, interacts with E2F1 to enhance MAFG levels, combines with miR-3196 to elevate OTX1 transcription, or decreases miR-6852 to increase cell proliferation, migration, and invasion [54–56, 58].