As hsa-miR-1249-3p resulted herein as differentially expressed across epithelial and cancer cell lines and CIN tissues, the expression levels of HOXA13 transcript were afterwards evaluated in human epithelial cell lines HaCaT and NCTC and in cervical cancer cell lines HeLa, SiHa and CasKi by ddPCR, as well as in uterine cervical (n = 5) and CIN (n = 30) tissues. The gene discussed is HOXA13; the disease is cancer.