Also, dysregulation of these transcripts, such as ANRIL, UCA1, FGD5-AS1, FAS-AS1, NEAT1, NKILA, Linc-RAM, and FAS-AS1, in blood samples or gingival tissues of periodontitis cases compared with normal subjects has been addressed (Sayad et al., 2020 ▶). This evidence concerns the gene FGD5 and periodontitis.