The deregulated ceRNA network of the TUG1/miR-145/zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) signaling pathway increased cell proliferation, enhanced migration capacity, and promoted EMT formation in three thyroid cancer cell lines (the ATC cell lines SW1736 and KAT18 and the FTC cell line FTC133) [46]. Here, TUG1 is linked to thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 2.