Table 2.

miRNA target prediction: number of miRNAs predicted to target SLC26A3 by five different miRNA target prediction algorithms

Algorithms	miRNAs Predicted Targeting SLC26A3	Site	References
TargetScan	65	http://www.targetscan.org/	18
MicroCosm	62	http://www.ebi.ac.uk/enrightsrv/microcosm/htdocs/targets/v5/	17
miRDB	14	http://mirdb.org/miRDB/	46–47
miRGen	46	http://www.diana.pcbi.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/miRGen/v3/Targets.cgi	11, 22, 24
miRanda	44	http://www.microrna.org/ or http://www.ebi.ac.uk/enrightsrv/	11, 22, 24