BMI1 and ovarian cancer: Most genes differentially expressed after silencing BMI1 were engaged in tissue development, ECM organization and blood vessel development, which might alter the microenvironment and angiogenesis of tumors, and then lead to transformation of malignant phenotypes: decrease in COL1A1 and COL4A1 might redress the reconstruction disorder of ECM [29, 30]; regulation of TNC and LAMA could increase tissue tension, reduce invasion and prevent migration of ovarian cancer cells [31, 32].