Table 1

List of top dysregulated mirnas and their predicted gene targets.

MiRNA
Fold change
Expression in recuurent vs Primary
MiRGen
Transcriptome study13

miR-223
11.35571231
Upregulated
FGFR2, EGF, S100A3, KRAS, TGFB2, IFNB1, SPINK5, E2F1
SEPTIN6, MMP9, USF2
miR-9
3.886456405
Downregulated
FGF18, FGF10, BCL2, BCL6, BRAF, CLDN14, CLDN6, SEPTIN10
ZNF, PVRL2, LASS4, BCL2, CLDN, FGF

These represent genes predicted by MiRGen well characterised in ovarian carcinogenesis and also genes identified in an earlier study performed by our group [13].

Laios et al. Molecular Cancer 2008 7:35   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-7-35