Knockdown of TOB1-AS1 induces proliferation of non-small cell lung cancer cells. (A) Analysis of the LncATLAS dataset indicated that TOB1-AS1 localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus in most of the cell lines. NEAT1 was used as a positive control of nuclear genes and H19 was used as a positive control of cytoplasmic genes. (B) Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR analysis indicated that TOB1-AS1 was located in the cytoplasm and nucleus of the A549 and H1299 cell lines. (C and D) Knockdown efficiency of TOB1-AS1 by using siRNA-1 and siRNA-2 in (C) A549 and (D) H1299 cells compared with NC. *P<0.05 and **P<0.01, vs. NC. (E and F) Knockdown of TOB1-AS1 induced cell proliferation in (E) A549 and (F) H1299 cells. ***P<0.001 vs. NC. TOB1-AS1, transducer of ERBB2, 1-antisense 1; NEAT1, nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1; siRNA, small interfering RNA; NC, negative control; OD, optical density; Cyto, cytosol; CN RCI, Cytoplasmic/Nuclear concentration index (RCI).