https://www.selleckchem.com/products/mycro-3.html Additionally, miR-22-3p was a target miRNA of MALAT1 and ZFP91 was a target mRNA of miR-22-3p. Functional studies showed that the knockdown of MALAT1 or overexpression of miR-22-3p inhibited GC/OXA cell survival, proliferation, and drug resistance as well as induced apoptosis, which could be reversed by the inhibition of miR-22-3p or overexpression of ZFP91. Conclusion We observed a new regulatory network for MALAT1 in drug resistance of GC. MALAT1 modulates ZFP91 to promote GC cells OXA resistance via sponging miR-22-3p. © 2020 Zhang et al.Purpose Gastric cancer has a high mortality rate worldwide. Although treatments, such as molecular-targeted therapy, have been introduced, the resulting long-term survival and prognosis remain unsatisfactory. Downregulation of the target genes using lentivirus-mediated short hairpin RNA (shRNA) can be an effective therapeutic strategy for patients with gastric cancer. Overexpressed vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF) in human gastric cancer cells can be an effective novel therapeutic target for human gastric cancer. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of lentivirus-mediated knockdown of VEGF gene expression in human gastric cancer growth. Materials and Methods Specific shRNA sequences targeting VEGF were designed to construct a lentiviral expression vector. After human gastric carcinoma cells (cell line NCI-N87) were infected with the lentiviral vector, the therapeutic effects of the lentivirus-mediated shRNA targeting VEGF were analyzed both in vitro and in vivo. Results Stable suppression of VEGF gene expression in NCI-N87 cells using shRNA (ShVEGF) showed significant inhibition of cell proliferation, clonogenicity, and cell motility. ShVEGF also showed increased G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. In addition, in vivo results from nude mice xenografted ShVEGF showed significant inhibition of tumor growth. Assessing the therapeutic effects of in