Fig. 1From: Long noncoding RNAs in cancer: mechanisms of action and technological advancementsInterest for lncRNAs (red) in the cancer scientific community compared to miRNAs (blue). The y-axis represents the number of publications and the x-axis represents time. Data was obtained by searching Pubmed for ‘lncRNA cancer’ or ‘miRNA cancer’. Data from 2016 was not used in the graph. Publications with terms ‘miRNA’ and ‘cancer’ plateau in 2015Back to article page