ZEB1 and cancer: Homeobox gene ZEB1 regulates the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer and embryonic development (Schmalhofer et al., 2009; Gheldof et al., 2012); miR-200 family plays a role in EMT by regulating the ZEB1 expression in the developing palate in mice (Carpinelli et al., 2020).