Identification of Unique miRNA Biomarkers in Colorectal Adenoma and Carcinoma Using Microarray: Evaluation of Their Putative Role in Disease Progression

Table 1

Overview of genome-wide transcriptomic and microRNA array data used for the study.

Study	Platform	GEO accession	Species	Source	Description	Sample size
Galamb et al., 2010 [16]	Affymetrix HGU133 Plus 2.0	GSE15960	Homo Sapiens	mRNA	Colonic epithelial cells normal, adenoma, or colorectal cancer tissues	18
Sarver et al., 2009 [17]	Illumina Human v1 MicroRNA expression beadchip	GSE18392	Homo Sapiens	miRNA	Macrodissected colon tumors and normal colon tissue	145
Arndt et al., 2009 [18]	Ambion Human_Mouse_Rat mirVANA miRNA Bioarray_1566V1	GSE10259	Homo Sapiens	miRNA	Colon cancer and normal tissues	66
Slattery et al., 2011 [19]	Agilent Human miRNA V3.0 Microarrays	NA	Homo Sapiens	miRNA	Colon and rectal tumors and normal tissue	100
Schetter et al., 2008 [20]	OSU-CCC MicroRNA Microarray Version 2.0	GSE7828	Homo Sapiens	miRNA	Colon tumor and adjacent nontumorous tissues	168

The above evidence table depicts the authors of the study, high-throughput platform used, data repository accession number, species, source material, and the number of arrays used in each study.