FIGURE 2.

The number of publications in PubMed for the top seven most highly published lncRNA genes. (a) For each of the seven highly published lncRNA genes, the number of publications has rapidly increased over the last 5 years. (b) For all of the most highly published lncRNA genes, the majority of publications use the current HGNC approved symbol. The first chart shows how over time the number of publications supporting the approved symbol MEG3 have increased compared to the previous symbol GTL2. The second chart shows NEAT1 and its published aliases (VINC, MENbeta, MENepsilon, TncRNA); the usage of NEAT1 far surpasses any of its aliases within the last decade. The third chart compares usage of the approved symbol MALAT1 and its published alias NEAT2; again MALAT1 is highly supported. The other four most highly published lncRNA symbols have negligible numbers of publications that do not use the approved symbol