LncRNAs could also inhibited lung cancer by inhibiting autophagy such as Gupta et al. reported that targeting lncRNA DLX6-AS1 enhanced miR-16 activity, inducing autophagy and apoptosis, while regulating BMI1 through miR-16 sponging, thereby inhibiting lung cancer growth (Gupta et al., 2023). The gene discussed is DLX6; the disease is lung cancer.