Additionally, the wound healing assay results indicated that knockdown of Rad51 expression notably increased the relative scratch distance in SiHa and HCC-0214 cells, while inhibition of miR-125a expression dramatically reversed this effect of Rad51 knockdown (P < 0.05, P < 0.001; Figure 5 d and e). This evidence concerns the gene RAD51 and hepatocellular carcinoma.