MALAT1 and angina unstable: The lncRNA metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) is upregulated in patients with unstable angina and protects ECs from ox-LDL-induced endothelial injury, partly by upregulating CXCR2 expression through competitive binding with miR-22-3p (Tang et al., 2015).