Research Article

Differential DNA Methylation of MicroRNA Genes in Temporal Cortex from Alzheimer’s Disease Individuals

Table 2

MicroRNAs CpG sites differentially methylated in Alzheimer’s disease.

CpG probe IDChr: Start siteAssociated geneUCSC_RefGene_GroupRelation_to_CpG_IslandEnhancerControlADDelta beta value

cg22806002 11: 111383083BTG4; MIR34C; MIR34BTSS200; TSS1500; TSS1500N_Shore0.314 ± 0.0050.358 ± 0.0080.044 (4.4%)0.0015
cg131491271: 156390835C1orf61; MIR9-15′UTR; TSS1500IslandTRUE0.045 ± 0.0010.055 ± 0.0020.010 (1%)0.0015
cg099947731: 9212514MIR34ATSS1500“open sea”0.826 ± 0.0080.867 ± 0.0110.041 (4.1%)0.0057
cg1686590811: 121970496LOC399959; MIR125B1Body; Body“open sea”TRUE0.068 ± 0.0070.109 ± 0.0150.040 (4.0%)0.0101
cg2585115210: 10419537MIR146BTSS1500S_ShelfTRUE0.072 ± 0.0020.084 ± 0.0020.011 (1.1%)0.0101
cg0914827011: 111384223BTG4; C11orf88; MIR34CTSS1500; TSS1500; BodyN_Shore0.315 ± 0.0100.372 ± 0.0180.056 (5.6%)0.0172
cg142788088: 9761141LOC157627; MIR124-1TSS1500; TSS200Island0.042 ± 0.0020.051 ± 0.0020.009 (0.9%)0.0220
cg1082254519: 13985513MIR181D; MIR181CTSS200; BodyS_Shore0.833 ± 0.0090.864 ± 0.0070.031 (3.1%)0.0220
cg0231562617: 27188560MIR451; MIR144TSS200; Body“open sea”0.802 ± 0.0110.841 ± 0.0110.038 (3.8%)0.0220
cg1253050315: 89911148MIR9-3TSS200IslandTRUE0.129 ± 0.0050.153 ± 0.0070.024 (2.4%)0.0349

AD = Alzheimer’s disease; beta values are presented as means ± SEM; delta beta is the average of DNA methylation difference between the two compared groups; Mann-Whitney test, values refer to the statistical analysis of the means of methylation levels from the two compared groups.