Specifically, research by Mohsen Nemati Bajestan et al. revealed that in the IBD environment, both the long non-coding RNA MALAT1 and the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 expression are significantly upregulated, and their interaction is finely regulated by microRNAs, including hsa-miR-9-5p (abbreviated as miR-9-5p). Here, IL6 is linked to inflammatory bowel disease.