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. 2015 Jan 28;6(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13293-014-0019-1

Table 2.

The 17 female-biased miRNAs

Name Fold change (female/male) a Maximum sex difference (fold change) Number of ages showing sex difference b Sex bias
2 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks 8 weeks 15 weeks 21 weeks 78 weeks 104 weeks
miR-421* 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.6 2.6 2.0 2.6 4 F > M
miR-499 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.4 2.2 2.4 1.9 1.5 2.4 3 F > M
miR-208* 1.1 1.3 1.0 2.0 16.3 21.8 2.0 1.2 21.8 2 F > M
miR-139-3p 0.7 1.9 0.8 3.5 1.0 5.0 1.6 4.2 5.0 2 F > M
miR-501 6.0 0.6 1.5 0.6 4.4 0.4 7.3 0.8 7.3 1 F > M
miR-29c 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 2.0 1 F > M
miR-33 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.0 1 F > M
miR-29b 2.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3 2.0 1 F > M
miR-183 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.9 1 F > M
miR-375 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.8 1 F > M
miR-29a 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.7 1 F > M
miR-3545-3p 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.6 1 F > M
miR-34c 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.6 1 F > M
miR-129-2* 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1 F > M
miR-192 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.6 1 F > M
miR-29c* 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.6 1 F > M
miR-210 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1 F > M

aItalicized values indicate differential expression by sex.

bSex difference according to pairwise t-test, FDR 5%, and fold change ≥1.5.