VEGFA and myocardial infarction: Also, the lncRNA “myocardial infarction-associated transcript (MIAT)” functions as a sponge for microRNA-150-5p, relieving the miR-150-5p repression of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and its knockdown has been reported to decrease endothelial cell proliferation and migration and vascular network formation in vitro [27].