HOXB5 and tongue squamous cell carcinoma: In tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC), the PRNCR1/miR-944/HOXB5 axis promotes the tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and migration, and inhibits apoptosis, while the PRNCR1/miR-944/HOXB5 axis can also promote tumor growth in the SCC-9 xenograft nude mice [33].