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 pancreatic neoplasm.