Table 1

Differentially expressed miRNAs in the brain of BSE-infected macaques and their relative abundance in the basis pontis region of macaque brain

Regulated miRNAs identified by microarray

relative abundance in macaque brain

[% of highest expressed miRNA]

regulation factor


microarray

stem-loop qRT-PCR

Poly(A)-tailed qRT-PCR


hsa-miR-26a

83,4

3.0 **

1.0

hsa-miR-30a-5p

1,2

hsa-miR-30d

10,6

hsa-miR-103

27,1

hsa-miR-106b

9,0

hsa-miR-107

41,3

hsa-miR-124a

58,4

2.2

hsa-miR-125a

23,6

hsa-miR-128a

22,8

hsa-miR-132

11,3

hsa-miR-143

8,2

0.5

hsa-miR-145

13,9

0.6

hsa-miR-181a

26,3

hsa-miR-191

13,9

hsa-miR-195

4,9

hsa-miR-219

1,3

hsa-miR-320

6,9

hsa-miR-342-3p

8,0

2.7 ***

1.13 ***

hsa-miR-361

8,7

hsa-miR-490

3,6

hsa-miR-494

2,1

3.7 ***

8.1 ***


** student t-test with Welch's correction; p < 0.01,

*** student t-test with Welch's correction; p < 0.001

Montag et al. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2009 4:36   doi:10.1186/1750-1326-4-36

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