DGCR5 isoform-1 could promote ccRCC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, which is, at least partially, through sponging the tumor-suppressive miR-211-5p to regulate the expression of EMT key component Snail protein as well as its downstream targets, E-cadherin and CLDN7. Here, CDH1 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.