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Table 3 Quantification cycle (Cq) values of candidate reference genes and target miRNAs (in triplicate) in colorectal tissues

From: MicroRNA expression profiling to identify and validate reference genes for relative quantification in colorectal cancer

Reference gene

Cq Range

Cq Min

Cq Max

Mean Cq ± s.d.

let-7a

8.02

24.25

32.27

28.31 ± 1.60

miR-16

4.75

21.85

26.60

23.61 ± 1.00

miR-26a

6.96

21.09

28.05

23.61 ± 1.49

miR-345

9.37

25.14

34.51

27.43 ± 1.35

miR-425

10.01

24.65

34.66

27.53 ± 1.36

miR-454

9.64

27.76

37.40

30.14 ± 1.75

RNU48

9.71

22.08

31.79

26.34 ± 2.09

Z30

12.58

26.32

38.90

31.17 ± 2.83

Target miRNA

miR-21

14.21

19.57

33.78

24.82 ± 4.07

miR-31

18.12

20.81

38.93

29.36 ± 3.75

miR-143

12.19

15.95

28.14

23.01 ± 2.84

miR-145

14.03

18.06

32.09

24.84 ± 2.79