SOX2 and breast carcinoma: Linc-ROR appears to function as a ceRNA for miR-145 to de-repress the miR-145 targets Oct4, SOX2 and Nanog [132] while overexpression of this lncRNA can further induce EMT in breast cancer cells by acting as a ceRNA for miR-205 and preventing the degradation of ZEB2, generating cells with stem cell-like properties [133].