Furthermore, HOTAIR can regulate various cell functions by acting as a sponge for multiple miRNAs, thereby reducing their expression and increasing the expression of numerous miRNA targets, including both oncogenes and tumour suppression genes (Qiu et al., 2022; Huang and Xiang, 2023; Jiang, Xu and Ren, 2023; Le et al., 2023; Liu et al., 2023; Chen et al., 2024). The gene discussed is HOTAIR; the disease is neoplasm.