Table 2.

Correlation between microRNAs and mean HOX-signature expression in 106 GBM samples from TCGA, top 2 percentile positively and negatively correlated microRNAs

	Spearman’s rho	P value (two-sided)
hsa-miR-196b (HOXA locus)	0.69	<0.01
hsa-miR-10b (HOXD locus)	0.50	<0.01
hsa-miR-196a (HOXB/C locus)	0.5	<0.01
hsa-miR-148a	0.42	<0.01
hsa-miR-106b	0.35	<0.01
hsa-miR-25	0.32	<0.01
hsa-miR-496	0.31	<0.01
hcmv-miR-UL148D	0.3	<0.01
hsa-miR-337	0.29	<0.01
hsa-let-7c	0.29	<0.01
hsa-miR-130b	0.29	<0.01
hsa-miR-199a*	−0.27	<0.01
hsa-miR-223	−0.27	<0.01
hsa-miR-148b	−0.28	<0.01
hsa-let-7f	−0.29	<0.01
hsa-miR-125a	−0.29	<0.01
hsa-let-7d	−0.3	<0.01
hsa-miR-98	−0.3	<0.01
hsa-let-7 g	−0.33	<0.01
hsa-miR-143	−0.36	<0.01
hsa-miR-107	−0.37	<0.01
hsa-miR-145	−0.42	<0.01

Lines in bold highlight microRNAs transcribed from HOX loci.