Interestingly, in gastric carcinoma cells, miRNAs expressed by Epstein-Barr virus repress TPM1 and induce anchorage-independent growth [60] suggesting that down-regulation of TPM1 by viral-miRNAs could be a general mechanism used by herpesviruses to inhibit anoikis. The gene discussed is TPM1; the disease is gastric carcinoma.