Among them, miR-324-3p harbors a potential binding site for MIAT (Fig. 4a) and its expression is negatively correlated (r = − 0.365, p < 0.000) with MIAT levels in expression data of 509 thyroid carcinoma tissues (THCA) from TCGA (Fig. 4b). Here, MIAT is linked to thyroid gland carcinoma.