Salivary MicroRNAs for Early Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study in the High Altitude Mestizo Ecuadorian Population

Figure 1

Average of relative expression of salivary miRNAs levels determined by RT-qPCR. miRNAs were normalized with the SNORD9a housekeeping gene. Case bars show the average of fold-changes of 108 affected individuals per miRNA. Control bars show the relative fold-change (n = 1) of 108 healthy individuals, according to the Livak method. Only miR205-5p was considered nonsignificant (p > 0.05).