Figure 1

Expression of miR-182 in normal and tumor tissues of 86 HCC patients. Relative expression of miR-182 was detected by real time PCR in every paired normal and HCC tissues (A). The relative expression of miR-182 in HCC tissues (n = 86, 2.21 ± 1.29) was significantly higher than that of normal liver tissues (1.12 ± 0.47) (B). The relative level of miR-182 in HCC of grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3 were 1.62 ± 0.68, 2.14 ± 0.83 and 3.28 ± 1.79, repectively, which were also significantly higher than that of normal tissues. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.