However, ALKBH5 can also induce m6A demethylation of KCNK15-AS1, thereby upregulating KCNK15-AS1, which binds to the 5′UTR of KCNK15 to suppress its translation, thus inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells (He et al., 2021). Here, KCNK15 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.