Table II.

Down-regulated microRNAs (>2-fold change) identified by microarray analysis in the plasma of three women with endometriosis compared with controls free of endometriosis.

MicroRNAs	Fold decreased	P-value	Mirbase no.
hsa-miR-122	8.06	6.2E-04	MIMAT0000421
hsa-miR-17-5p	5.39	0.049	MIMAT0000070
hsa-miR-19a	4.58	0.046	MIMAT0000073
hsa-miR-20a	4.53	0.037	MIMAT0000075
hsa-miR-19b	4.36	0.046	MIMAT0000074
hsa-miR-15b-5p	3.63	0.033	MIMAT0000417
hsa-miR-451	3.59	0.045	MIMAT0001631
hsa-miR-30e	3.48	0.047	MIMAT0000692
hsa-miR-27a	3.45	0.010	MIMAT0000084
hsa-miR-92a	3.21	0.035	MIMAT0000092
hsa-miR-26a	3.19	0.025	MIMAT0000082
hsa-miR-320e	2.99	0.023	MIMAT0015072
hsa-miR-320d	2.93	0.027	MIMAT0006764
hsa-miR-762	2.83	0.050	MIMAT0010313
hsa-miR-1274b	2.78	0.029	MIMAT0005938
hsa-miR-630	2.75	0.037	MIMAT0003299
hsa-miR-29c	2.74	0.047	MIMAT0000681
hsa-miR-223	2.68	0.020	MIMAT0000280
hsa-miR-22	2.64	0.025	MIMAT0000077
hsa-miR-1268	2.51	0.040	MIMAT0005922
hsa-miR-23a	2.49	0.035	MIMAT0000078
hsv2-miR-H10	2.40	0.045	MIMAT0014353
hsa-miR-21	2.36	0.034	MIMAT0000076
hsa-miR-3679-5p	2.26	0.027	MIMAT0018104
hsa-miR-30d	2.21	0.035	MIMAT0000245
hsa-miR-572	2.10	0.035	MIMAT0003237
hsa-miR-3665	2.07	0.029	MIMAT0018087

Fold change was presented as microRNA expression in women without versus with endometriosis.

Bold font indicates microRNAs selected for validation.