NFE2L2 and cancer: Soon after, a similar inverse association has been found between NRF2 and miR-28 in human MCF7 breast cancer cells, where ectopic expression of miR-28 alone was able to reduce NFE2L2 mRNA and protein levels, and, as an abnormal miR-28 expression has been seen in a variety of cancers, a role in this regard has been hypothesized [222].