lncMER52A affects the expression of genes related to the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) signaling pathway, and is able to bind to p120-catenin (also known as CTNND1) to activate the p120-ctn/Rac1/Cdc42 axis and promote invasion and metastasis of HCC cells (Wu et al., 2020). This evidence concerns the gene CTNND1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.