Moreover, EPHA7 is overexpressed and inversely associated with the miR-944 expression in both cultured NSCLC cells and NSCLC tissues (NSCLC tissues vs. normal lung tissues; NSCLC tissues vs. their adjacent noncancerous lung tissues within the same patient), which was consistent with the general inverse relationship between the expression level of miRNAs and the targets. This evidence concerns the gene EPHA7 and non-small cell lung carcinoma.