Furthermore, we confirmed that miR‐143‐5p inhibited the progression of the cervical cell cycle, proliferation, migration, and invasion, and inhibited cervical cancer cell apoptosis through downregulation of the protein expression levels of ELK1, p‐ELK1, C‐fos, Cyclin D1, and Bcl‐2. Here, ELK1 is linked to cervical carcinoma.