TABLE 3.

LncRNAs involved in osteoclast regulation.

LncRNA	Relative expression	Role	Target	References
AK077216	Upregulation	Increases formation and functions of osteoclasts	NFATc1	Liu et al., 2019a
MIRG	Upregulation	Stimulates osteoclastogenesis	MiR-1897	Ling et al., 2019
CRNDE	Upregulation	Stimulates proliferation of osteoclasts	PI3K/Akt pathway	Li et al., 2018b
LINC00311	Upregulation	Promotes proliferation and the differentiation of osteoclasts	Delta-like 3 (DLL3)	Wang et al., 2018b
TUG1	Upregulation	Stimulates proliferation and reduces apoptosis in mice osteoclasts	PTEN	Han et al., 2019
CASC11	Upregulation	Stimulates proliferation of osteoclasts	TNF-α	Yu et al., 2019
Bmncr	Upregulation	Lowers differentiation of osteoclasts and bone resorption	–	Chen et al., 2019a

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