Table 1. Candidate reference miRNAs selected from microarray analysis.† .
| miRNA& | ID according miRBase version# | Selection criterion§ |
| hsa-miR-15a | hsa-miR-15a (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-15a-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-20b | hsa-miR-20b (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-20b-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-29c | hsa-miR-29c (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-29c-3p(v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-101 | hsa-miR-101 (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-101-3p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-107 | hsa-miR-107 (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-107 (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-125a-5p | hsa-miR-125a-5p (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-125a-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-148b | hsa-miR-148b (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-148b-3p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-151-3p | hsa-miR-151-3p (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-151-3p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-151-5p | hsa-miR-151-5p (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-151-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-181a | hsa-miR-181a (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-181a-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-181b | hsa-miR-181b (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-181b-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-324-3p | hsa-miR-324-3p (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-324-3p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-424 | hsa-miR-424 (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-424-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-513a-5p | hsa-miR-513a-5p (v10.1) | R |
| hsa-miR-513a-5p (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-874 | hsa-miR-874 (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-874 (v18) | ||
| hsa-miR-939 | hsa-miR-939 (v10.1) | N |
| hsa-miR-939 (v18) |
†
The TaqMan MicroRNA Assay ID, miRBase accession number, and the sequence for each miRNA are compiled in Table S2.
&
miRNAs marked in Italics were not included in further analyses because their low expression level was beyond the dynamic range of the assay (>35Cq) (further details see text).
#
The miRNA ID from the miRBase version 10.1 and 18, respectively.
§
Symbols “N” and “R” indicate the selection of the candidate reference miRNAs based on normalized or raw microarray data as described in the text.