DGCR8 and breast cancer: Pichiorri et al. indicated that the NCL, an integral component of the Drosha/DGCR8 microprocessor complex, post-transcriptionally regulated the maturation of a set of metastasis-promoting miRNAs’ expression (miR-21, miR-221/222 cluster, and miR-103), involved in breast cancer initiation, progression, and drug resistance [30].