Specifically, NAMPT mRNA was found to be a target of miR-381 [45], miR-206 [46], miR-494 [47], and miR-154 [48] in breast cancer cells, of miR-23b in melanoma [51], of mir-206 in pancreatic cancer [50] and miR-26b [49] in colorectal cancer. Here, NAMPT is linked to breast carcinoma.