Our team showed that the lncRNA Wilms tumor 1-associated protein pseudogene 1 (WTAPP1) was significantly downregulated in EPCs in patients with DVT [79], and we further found that WTAPP1 overexpression regulates matrix metalloproteinase-1 through miR-3120 and the Akt/PI3K/autophagy pathway to promote EPC migration and angiogenesis [27]. This evidence concerns the gene AKT1 and deep vein thrombosis.