Figure 5. Correlation between the expression of HMOX1 and miR-122. Gene expression was analyzed by relative quantitative (RQ) real-time PCR. mRNA levels were normalized to ACTB for HMOX1 and to RNU24 for miR-122. Higher HMOX1 expression correlated with higher expression of miR-122. (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; ρ = 0.270, p = 0.014059).