Flow cytometry and MDC staining results highlight that the proportion of apoptotic cells and the number of formed autophagosomes were reduced by treatment of ELK1 over-expression, and no obvious change was observed in cervical cancer cells in the presence of hsa_circ_0000515 silencing and ELK1-over-expression, compared to those of OE-NC (Figure 6L–6N). Here, ELK1 is linked to cervical cancer.