Table 1.

Functional characterizations of ZFAS1 in multiple human cancers

Cancer types	Expression	Role	Functional role	Related genes	References
Colorectal cancer	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation migration, invasive, metastasis, cell cycle control, cell antiapoptosis	miR‐484 miR‐590‐3p p53 and EMT signalling pathway	21, 22, 23, 24
Gastric cancer	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation, cell antiapoptosis, cell migration and metastasis, cell cycle control	EMT, KLF2, EZH2, NKD2	25, 26, 27
Hepatocellular carcinoma	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell invasion and tumour metastasis	miR‐150, ZEB1, MMP14, and MMP16	28
Glioma	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation, migration, and invasive	Notch and EMT signalling pathway	30, 31
Osteosarcoma	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation, migration and invasion, cell antiapoptosis, cell cycle control	miR‐200b/c, miR‐486, BMI1, ZEB2	32, 33
Ovarian cancer	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation migration, chemoresistance	miR‐150‐5p, Sp1	34, 35
Acute myeloid leukaemia	Upregulated	Oncogenic	Cell proliferation, cell antiapoptosis, cell cycle control		36
Nonsmall cell lung cancer	Upregulated	Oncogenic			37
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma	Upregulated	Oncogenic			29