Research Article
Circulating MicroRNAs in Plasma of Hepatitis B e Antigen Positive Children Reveal Liver-Specific Target Genes
Table 3
MicroRNA plasma levels in children with CHB relative to healthy controls.
| MicroRNA (hsa) | Sample | Mean Ct | SD | Fold change | SE | value |
| 28-5p | HBeAg pos. | 28.21 | 1.35 | 3.1 | 2.8–3.5 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 29.89 | 1.80 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.1 | | Control | 29.39 | 1.34 | 1 | | |
| 30a-5p | HBeAg pos. | 28.50 | 1.22 | 5.6 | 4.9–6.4 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 30.55 | 1.07 | 1.6 | 1.3–2.0 | | Control | 30.80 | 0.65 | 1 | | |
| 30e-3p | HBeAg pos. | 28.72 | 1.60 | 6.8 | 6.0–7.8 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 30.77 | 1.36 | 2.9 | 2.5–3.3 | | Control | 31.34 | 1.25 | 1 | | |
| 378a-3p | HBeAg pos. | 25.69 | 1.39 | 15.1 | 13.0–17.5 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 27.88 | 0.93 | 4.0 | 3.3–5.0 | | Control | 29.43 | 0.71 | 1 | | |
| 548c-5p | HBeAg pos. | 35.17 | 1.57 | 0.7 | 0.6-0.7 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 35.43 | 1.94 | 0.9 | 0.8–1.0 | | Control | 34.40 | 1.46 | 1 | | |
| 574-3p | HBeAg pos. | 27.30 | 1.48 | 7.8 | 6.8–9.0 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 29.51 | 1.22 | 2.1 | 1.7–2.4 | | Control | 30.07 | 0.98 | 1 | | |
| 654-3p | HBeAg pos. | 35.11 | 1.82 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 34.68 | 2.16 | 0.7 | 0.6–0.8 | | Control | 33.62 | 1.94 | 1 | | |
| let-7c | HBeAg pos. | 27.24 | 1.53 | 7.4 | 6.5–8.5 | <0.001 | HBeAg neg. | 29.02 | 1.36 | 2.7 | 2.3–3.2 | | Control | 29.94 | 1.15 | 1 | | |
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