Table 3. Candidate target genes of miR-218 in the focal adhesion pathway.

Gene symbol	Log2 ratio (miR-218/miR-control)			Putative miR-218 target site
	FaDu	SAS	Average	miR Walk	Target Scan
CAV2	−1.97	−1.73	−1.85	+	+
PPP1CB	−1.98	−1.65	−1.82	+	+
LAMC2	−1.51	−0.96	−1.24	−	−
ACTN1	−1.13	−1.27	−1.20	+	+
THBS2	−0.60	−1.61	−1.11	−	−
LAMB3	−1.25	−0.90	−1.08	+	+
CAV1	−1.20	−0.95	−1.08	−	−
EGFR	−0.85	−1.19	−1.02	+	+
VEGFC	−0.90	−1.03	−0.97	−	−
PPP1CC	−0.87	−0.97	−0.92	+	+
COL5A2	0.93	−2.66	−0.87	−	−
CCND2	−1.06	−0.62	−0.84	−	+
VASP	−0.82	−0.72	−0.77	−	−
CAV3	−0.87	−0.66	−0.77	+	+
THBS1	−0.66	−0.86	−0.76	+	+
COL4A2	−0.72	−0.58	−0.65	−	−
ACTN4	−0.69	−0.57	−0.63	+	+
ITGA3	−0.69	−0.53	−0.61	−	−
CCND3	−0.76	−0.37	−0.57	+	+
SHC1	−0.64	−0.45	−0.55	+	+
ITGB4	−0.61	−0.43	−0.52	−	+
PXN	−0.67	−0.33	−0.50	+	+
LAMC1	−0.59	−0.35	−0.47	+	+
VEGFA	−0.19	−0.63	−0.41	−	−
ERBB2	−0.06	−0.62	−0.34	−	−
LAMA3	−0.76	0.08	−0.34	−	−
FN1	−0.11	−0.54	−0.33	−	+
MAPK1	−0.55	−0.09	−0.32	−	−
FLNB	−0.63	0.30	−0.17	−	−