Generally speaking, this study elaborates the concrete mechanisms that miR-18a from M2 macrophages inhibits TGFBR3 expression to exacerbate the progression of NPC via TGF-β signaling pathway, the results of which is abrogated by miR-18a knockdown or TGFBR3 elevation. Here, TGFB1 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.