Non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) mainly regulate the expression of targeted genes by regulating mRNA degradation or repressing their protein translation. MiRNA microarray profiling was then performed on 218 human HCC tumors samples, 10 samples from adjacent cirrhotic non-tumoral tissue, 10 samples from healthy liver and 12 HCC cell lines. In this study we investigated which miRNAs were differentially expressed in HCC compared to cirrhotic non-tumoral tissue and healthy liver.
Overall design
miRNA transcriptomic profile from 218 HCC, 10 Cirrhotic (CH) and 10 considered Normal patients. Also 12 derived Liver cell lines were included