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VEGF, a potential target gene of miR-16, was inversely correlated with miR-16 expression in the decidua of clinical samples. Furthermore, the luciferase reporter system demonstrated that miR-16 was found to directly downregulate the expression of VEGF by binding a specific sequence of its 3\u2032-untranslated region (3\u2032UTR). 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