Finally, in order to verify the regulation of the three factors on the process of tumor cells, we used cloning and EMT marker detection respectively and found that overexpression of SLC38A2 or inhibition of SLC38A2 could reverse the regulatory effects of miR-21-5p or circ_001859 overexpression on the process of pancreatic cancer (Figs 6F and 7, P< 0.01). This evidence concerns the gene SLC38A2 and pancreatic neoplasm.