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. This evidence concerns the gene BCL2 and cervical cancer.