<i>MIR182-5p</i> and <i>MIR20a-5p</i> were upregulated in human thyroid cancer and thyroid cancer experimental models and their effects on <i>Pax8</i> and <i>Bcl2</i> were rescued by <i>Klhl14-AS</i> overexpression, confirming <i>Klhl14-AS</i> as a ceRNA for both <i>Pax8</i> and <i>Bcl2</i>.
We found that LIMK1 was a target of miR-20a in thyroid cancer cell lines and direct knockdown of LIMK1 recapitulated the effect of miR-20a in thyroid cancer cells.