miRNA30a overexpression in adult glioma exerts an oncogenic effect by blocking expression of tumor suppressor genes SEPT7 and SOCS3 facilitating subsequent JAK/STAT signaling activation [15, 16, 30, 41, 43, 77]: further mechanistic investigation of the role of miRNA30a and STAT3 on TNC expression in this subgroup of pediatric glioma is therefore warranted. The gene discussed is SOAT1; the disease is glioma.