Tumor growth was observed in mice which had injected with miR-18a mimics-, miR-18a inhibitors-, si-TGFBR3-, or OE-TGFBR3-transfected M2 macrophages to illustrate the mechanism of miR-18a from M2 macrophages in NPC. This evidence concerns the gene TGFBR3 and neoplasm.