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. 2012 Sep 15;70(7):1149–1169. doi: 10.1007/s00018-012-1117-z

Table 2.

The top ten microRNAs of various tissue types determined by several different experimental approaches

Tissue miR-#1 miR-#2 miR-#3 miR-#4 miR-#5 miR-#6 miR-#7 miR-#8 miR-#9 miR-#10
P1 M Skin [33] 199a 17 321 27 203 133b 24 let-7 127 205
M Epidermis [31] 16, 15b 203 17–92 125b 200, 141 34a let-7c, 99b 205 27b 21
H Skin [44] let-7a/f/b/c 143 203 451 21 26a 24 378 103 126
M Basal [43] 205 690 720 24 23a/b let-7f/a 141 200 26a 709
M HF Outer root sheath [43] 690 205 720 709 24 let-7f/a 23a/b 16 17 26b
M HF Matrix [43] 690 709 205 720 24 23a/b 16 691 let-7f/a/e 17–92
Danio skin [147] 205 let-7 23 203 98 22 199a 27a 204 125
Lamprey skin [148] 205 let-7a 200a 184 200b let-7c 34 1c 199a 16

For most cases, the top ten microRNAs made up more than 50 % of all microRNAs within that tissue type

H human, M mouse, HF hair follicle