BCAR1 and cancer: Since we observed that miR-24-3p has the potential to inhibit the cell migration/invasion and growth of cancer cells (Figs 2 and 3) and that p130Cas is a novel target of miR-24-3p (Fig. 4), we further investigated whether the negative regulation of miR-24-3p on cell migration/invasion was mediated by direct targeting of p130Cas.