NEAT1 contributes to cervical cancer progression through multiple pathways, including the NEAT1/miR-133a/SOX4 axis, and the WNT/β-catenin/PDK1 signaling cascade axis (28, 29) both pathways are widely associated with the evasion of apoptosis, which is achieved through the transcriptional activation of genes such as survivin (30, 31). Here, BIRC5 is linked to cervical carcinoma.