Having observed a differential expression of Dicer1e in epithelial and mesenchymal oral cancer cell lines and knowing that Dicer1e protein levels have been reported to decrease during EMT using immortalized human epithelial mammary cells [36], we subsequently proceeded to analyze whether the induction of EMT in oral cancer cells would similarly affect Dicer1e protein levels. Here, DICER1 is linked to lip and oral cavity carcinoma.