“…Through these mechanisms, ANRIL contributes to tumourigenesis processes, increasing cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis and suppressing apoptosis and senescence [248]. Upregulated ANRIL expression levels have been found to be linked with cancers such as lung, stomach, breast, ovarian, cervical, colorectal, bladder, thyroid, brain, osteosarcoma, myeloma, prostate, endometrial, renal, leukaemia, melanoma, retinoblastoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma [248]. In addition to an increased risk of cancer, polymorphisms in the ANRIL gene are also associated with the risk of atherosclerosis, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.…”