Research Article

MicroRNA Biomarkers of High-Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Liquid Biopsy

Table 4

Associations between nine miRNAs differentially expressed and hr-HPV infection (, , and ).

miRNAshr-HPV value
RegulationNegativePositive
(%) (%)

miR-205-5pUpregulated7 (38.9%)11 (61.1%)0.095
Downregulated1 (7.7%)12 (92.3%)

miR-130a-3pUpregulated7 (30.4%)16 (69.6%)0.642
Downregulated1 (12.5%)7 (87.5%)

miR-3136-5pUpregulated4 (30.8%)9 (69.2%)0.689
Downregulated4 (22.2%)14 (77.8%)

miR-128-2-5pUpregulated6 (35.3%)11 (64.7%)0.240
Downregulated2 (14.3%)12 (8.7%)

Let-7f-5pUpregulated7 (33.3%)14 (66.7%)0.222
Downregulated1 (10.0%)9 (90.0%)

miR-202-3pUpregulated7 (31.8%)15 (68.2%)0.379
Downregulated1 (11.1%)8 (88.9%)

miR-323a-5pUpregulated8 (30.8%)18 (69.2%)0.291
Downregulatedāˆ’5 (100.0%)

miR-381-3pUpregulated5 (20.8%)19 (79.2%)0.335
Downregulated3 (42.9%)4 (57.1%)

miR-4531Upregulated5 (21.7%)18 (78.3%)0.393
Downregulated3 (37.5%)5 (62.5%)

Chi-square test was used to identify associations between miRNA expression and hr-HPV infection.