Table 5.

Differential microRNA expression between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

Status	Tissue type	Control	Aberrant microRNA expression	Ref.
Inactive UC	Colon, nonspecific, n = 8	Inactive CD	Decreased: miR-100a-3p, 100b-5p, 150, 196b, 223 and 320a	Fasseu et al[19], 2010
Active or inactive UC	Colon, distalmost, n = 12	Active or Inactive CD	Increased: miR-19b, 23b, 106a, 191 and 629	Lin et al[35], 2013
Active UC	Peripheral blood, n = 13	Active CD	Increased: miR-3180-3p, plus-E1035 and plus-F1159	Wu et al[31], 2011

CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis.