TUG1 and diabetic cardiomyopathy: Furthermore, some lncRNAs participate in the progression of diabetic complications, such as plasma taurine upregulated gene 1 (TUG1) which is associated with the progression of diabetic nephropathy in diabetic rats and Kcnq1ot1 which is involved in the progression of diabetic cardiomyopathy (Yang et al., 2018a).