Mature miR-512-5p is encoded by the intergenic miR-512-1 and miR-512-2 genes located on human chromosome 19 and was reported to suppress apoptosis by targeting MCL-1 in gastric cancer and hTERT in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma [32, 43]. This evidence concerns the gene MCL1 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.