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. 2016 Feb 7;7(9):10536–10546. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7233

Table 2. Percentage of Unmethylated Alu repeats (PUMA) in different human tissues and tumors.

Thyroid Prostate Breast Colon Lung
Normal tissue 6.2 ± 1.6
(n = 9)
4.8 ± 2.6
(n=7)
5.6 ± 2.66
(n=14)
6.9 ± 1.9
(n=16)
5.9 ± 2.0
(n=37)
Tumor tissue 8.2 ± 3.1
(n=59)
8.5 ± 8.8
(n=18)
10.0 ± 5.9
(n=20)
14.6 ± 5.2
(n=16)
14.6 ± 8.3
(n=39)
p-value a 0.032 0.357 0.002 < 0.001 < 0.001
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Normal vs. Tumor, Mann-Whitney U test