GABARAPL1 and gastric cancer: Besides, the positive role on EMT of miR-133a-3p inhibitors was successfully reversed by GABARAPL1 siRNA and HCQ and the suppressive role on EMT of miR-133a-3p mimics was restored by GABARAPL1 overexpression plasmid, which explained the aforementioned changes on migration and invasion abilities of GC cells in some way (Fig. 5d).