supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81370849, 81300472, 81070592 and 81202034);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BL2013032 and BK2012336);Nanjing City (201201053);Southeast University (3290002402);Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (20120092120071);the Central Universities and Graduate Innovative Fundation of Jiangsu Province (CXZZ13_0133)
Objective: Emerging evidence shows that microRNAs (miRNAs) function as tumor suppressors or oncogenes in human carcinogenesis. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located in the pri-miRNA promoter may affect t...