Long non-coding RNA promotes gastric cancer cell proliferation and predicts poor patient survival.

Gastric cancer (GC) is a common malignancy worldwide and its pathogenesis remains unclear. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve an important function in cancer development, therefore identification of functional lncRNAs in GC is required. The results of the present study demonstrate that an lncRNA, , was increased in GC tissues compared with adjacent non-tumor tissues.