SPAG5 and hepatocellular carcinoma: These findings indicated that miR-1179 knockdown or SPAG5 overexpression partially reversed circFOXM1 silencing inhibited malignant phenotypes in HCC cells, meanwhile, miR-1179 overexpression or SPAG5 silencing partially reversed circFOXM1 overexpression promoted malignant phenotypes in HCC cells.