Table 1.

Mechanisms of lncRNA action.

Name of lncRNA	Nature of lncRNA/Mode of Action	Consequence of the Regulation	Reference
ANRIL, HOTAIR, XIST, H19, KCNQ1OT1	Scaffold molecule/Histone modification	Epigenetic gene silencing	[6,9,10,11,12]
NEAT1	Scaffold molecule/Protein assembly	Paraspeckles formation	[13]
MALAT1	Modifier of alternative splicing/Relocation of splicing factor	Modulation of alternative splicing	[14]
BACE1AS	Regulation of mRNA stability/Modification of mRNA stability	Increased translation of BACE1	[15]
Pseudo-NOS	Translational control/Displacement of ribosome	Repressed translation of nNOS	[16]
GAS5	Decoy for DNA binding/Inhibition of DNA binding	Repressed GR mediated gene activation	[17]