Research Article

Integrated Analysis of MicroRNA (miRNA) and mRNA Profiles Reveals Reduced Correlation between MicroRNA and Target Gene in Cancer

Table 3

The top two miRNA-target gene pairs in healthy controls.

Critical pairsCancerr_hc (p-value)r_early (p-value)r_advanced (p-value)

miR-429/KLHL42BLCA-0.91(5.34E-08)-0.20(2.11E-02)-0.16(8.89E-03)
miR-200c/KLHL42BLCA-0.91(5.74E-08)-0.22(1.28E-02)-0.14(2.00E-02)
miR-200a/HHIPBRCA-0.80(2.74E-24)-0.09(1.68E-02)0.04(4.75E-01)
miR-200b/HHIPBRCA-0.80(3.34E-24)-0.08(2.46E-02)0.02(7.42E-01)
miR-30a/CDC20HNSC-0.80(8.01E-11)-0.17(1.09E-01)-0.02(7.76E-01)
miR-30a/KPNA2HNSC-0.80(8.75E-11)-0.21(3.97E-02)-0.15(7.20E-03)
miR-369/TRIM2KICH-0.80(2.26E-06)-0.25(9.14E-02)-0.62(3.60E-03)
miR-127/TMEM116KICH-0.79(4.63E-06)-0.21(1.64E-01)-0.66(1.69E-03)
miR-203a/PDE7AKIRC-0.83(7.19E-19)-0.02(7.12E-01)0.06(3.61E-01)
miR-203a/SPATA18KIRC-0.82(1.54E-18)0.01(8.50E-01)0.11(1.24E-01)
miR-31/SLC16A9KIRP-0.85(7.81E-10)0.20(5.96E-03)0.06(6.26E-01)
miR-589/FGF1KIRP-0.85(1.01E-09)-0.16(2.42E-02)0.04(6.26E-01)
miR-21/EPM2ALIHC-0.67(9.03E-08)-0.45(8.85E-14)-0.24(2.07E-02)
miR-21/GNELIHC-0.67(1.06E-07)-0.24(9.07E-05)-0.24(2.51E-02)
miR-493/AGTPBP1LUAD-0.75(1.49E-04)-0.17(5.89E-04)-0.17(8.77E-02)
let-7d/CLDN12LUAD-0.72(2.99E-04)0.04(4.07E-01)0.08(4.18E-01)
miR-30d/MYBL2LUSC-0.68(3.19E-06)-0.22(1.96E-05)-0.10(3.71E-01)
miR-30b/CELSR3LUSC-0.67(3.49E-06)0.06(2.32E-01)0.06(6.15E-01)
miR-200a/TCF7L1STAD-0.89(1.06E-11)-0.59(8.29E-17)-0.42(2.71E-09)
miR-183/NEGR1STAD-0.89(1.11E-11)-0.59(1.96E-16)-0.50(5.31E-13)
miR-221/PRDM16THCA-0.72(2.56E-10)-0.41(5.85E-15)-0.41(3.41E-08)
miR-221/ASXL3THCA-0.71(3.01E-10)-0.50(9.48E-23)-0.53(2.19E-13)

Note: Pearson correlation coefficients and its adjusted p-value are listed. These miRNA-target gene pairs showed stronger correlation in healthy controls than in early stage and advanced stage tumors.