VIM and thyroid gland papillary carcinoma: Second, vimentin is one of the intermediate filaments contributing to maintain the structural and mechanical stability of cells (Zhang et al., 2017; Zhou L.W. et al., 2018) and the increased vimentin expression is observed in papillary thyroid carcinoma cells and chondrocytes using clinostats (Infanger et al., 2006b; Aleshcheva et al., 2013).