BioMed Research International

Research Article

MicroRNAs 146a and 147b Biomarkers for Colorectal Tumor’s Localization

Table 3

Correlation between expression miRs in tumoral and healthy tissue according to localization.


	Right colon			Left colon
	MicroRNAs		value	MicroRNAs		value

miR146a healthy tissue	miR146a tumoral tissue	−0.76**	0.003	miR21 healthy tissue	0.55*	0.022
miR146a healthy tissue	miR155 healthy tissue	0.70**	0.007	miR135a healthy tissue	0.60*	0.01

miR146a tumoral tissue	miR21 healthy tissue	−0.62*	0.02	—	—	—
	miR155 healthy tissue	−0.52*	0.04	—	—	—
	miR135a healthy tissue	−0.60*	0.02	—	—	—

miR147b tumoral tissue	miR147b healthy tissue	0.58*	0.03	—	—	—
miR147b tumoral tissue	miR135a tumoral tissue	0.70**	0.008	miR135a healthy tissue	0.50*	0.031

miR21 tumoral tissue	miR155 tumoral tissue	0.82**	0.001	miR155 tumoral tissue	0.80**	0.0003
miR21 tumoral tissue	miR135a tumoral tissue	0.70**	0.009	miR135a tumoral tissue	0.70**	0.003

miR21 healthy tissue	miR155 healthy tissue	0.65*	0.01	miR155 healthy tissue	0.82**	0.0001

miR155 tumoral tissue	miR135a tumoral tissue	0.72**	0.006	—	—	—

miR155 healthy tissue	—	—	—	miR135a healthy tissue	0.80**	0.0002

: Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient; *correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; **correlation is significant at 0.01 level.