Moreover, mir-30a was downregulated significantly in highly metastatic colorectal cancer cell lines and metastatic tissues, and its mechanism involves regulation of the AKT/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway by targeting PIK3CD (encoding PI3K catalytic subunit delta) expression, thereby regulating the metastasis of cancer cells [49]. This evidence concerns the gene MTOR and colorectal cancer.