The results showed that the tumor tissue group (T) possessed higher expression levels of PAK5 protein than normal adjacent tissue group (N) (Figure 3e), and the miR-106a-5p levels were inversely correlated with PAK5 expression levels (n=30, r=−0.425, P=0.0191, Pearson’s correlation, Figure 3f). Here, PAK5 is linked to neoplasm.