METTL3 and gastric cancer: In an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric cancer, ebv-circRPMS1 (an EBV-encoded cyclic RNA) induced Mettl3 expression by interacting with Sam68 to promote proliferation, migration and invasion of EBVaGC cells and inhibit apoptosis.[95] LncRNAs have been confirmed as new members of the noncoding RNA family, which do not produce proteins but regulate gene expression only at the transcriptional or posttranscriptional level.