Table 1.

Ten most up-regulated miRNAs in various thyroid tumors: PCs, conventional and oncocytic FCs, and PDCs

PCs		Conventional FCs		Oncocytic FCs		PDCs
miRNA	Fold	miRNA	Fold	miRNA	Fold	miRNA	Fold
miR-187	73.7	miR-187	33.4	miR-187	53.7	miR-181b	24.7
miR-221	19.1	miR-181b	13.6	miR-221	46.9	miR-187	23.5
miR-222	17.2	miR-200a	6.7	miR-339	42.5	miR-221	20.6
miR-181b	14.4	miR-224	6.2	miR-183	26.6	miR-129	17.3
miR-146b	10.5	miR-182	5.7	miR-222	26.0	miR-222	13.5
miR-155	9.5	miR-155	5.5	miR-181b	19.7	miR-146b	12.4
miR-122a	8.9	miR-222	4.5	miR-182	15.6	miR-339	6.1
miR-31	7.5	miR-221	3.6	miR-213	14.3	miR-183	5.7
miR-205	6.8	miR-96	3.5	miR-96	10.3	miR-213	4.3
miR-224	6.2	miR-146b	2.8	miR-197	7.2	miR-181a	3.9

The fold change of miRNA expression was calculated relative to normal thyroid tissue. The bolded miRNAs signify those that were also significantly overexpressed in thyroid tumors as compared with hyperplastic nodules.