For instance, DANCR competitively sponges the 3′UTR of transforming growth factor beta receptor 1 (TGFBR1) mRNA in cervical cancer cells, which blocks miR-665 from binding to and degrading TGFBR1 and promotes the TGFBR1-mediated oncogenic ERK (extracellular regulated protein kinases)/SMAD pathway (48). Here, TGFBR1 is linked to cervical cancer.