STMN1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: More recently, Xu and colleagues [13] reported that miR-101 could inhibit autophagy and enhance cisplatin-induced apoptosis in HCC cells by targeting STMN1. STMN1 is a key microtubule-regulatory protein and associated positively with HCCs vascular invasion, intrahepatic metastasis and advanced clinical stage [38,39].