HMGA2 as a direct target of miR-98-5p. (A) Interaction between miR-98-5p and the 3′UTR of HMGA2 as predicted using TargetScan. (B) Luciferase activity of a reporter containing a WT-HMGA2 3′UTR or a MUT-HMGA2 3′UTR. All data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. **P<0.01 vs. mimic control. HMGA2, high mobility group AT-Hook 2; miR, microRNA; UTR, untranslated region; WT, wild-type; MUT, mutant.