Table III.

Pearson correlation analysis of PGE2 with other variables.

Factor	PGE2	miR-218	HPGD gene	PTGES	PLA2G6	COX1	HPGD protein	mPGES	PLA	COX
PGE2	1.000	0.989	−0.949	0.099	−0.547	0.245	−0.940	−0.774	−0.254	0.245
miR-218	0.989	1.000	−0.974	0.023	−0.547	0.209	−0.970	−0.784	−0.243	0.209
HPGD gene	−0.949	−0.974	1.000	0.125	0.448	−0.216	0.999	0.764	0.253	−0.216
PTGES	0.099	0.023	0.125	1.000	−0.246	−0.154	0.141	−0.341	0.366	−0.154
PLA2G6	−0.547	−0.547	0.448	−0.246	1.000	0.248	0.448	0.467	−0.005	0.248
COX1	0.245	0.209	−0.216	−0.154	0.248	1.000	−0.217	−0.240	0.041	1.000
HPGD protein	−0.940	−0.970	0.999	0.141	0.448	−0.217	1.000	0.772	0.227	−0.217
mPGES	−0.774	−0.784	0.764	−0.341	0.467	−0.240	0.772	1.000	−0.109	−0.240
PLA	−0.254	−0.243	0.253	0.366	−0.005	0.041	0.227	−0.109	1.000	0.041
COX	0.245	0.209	−0.216	−0.154	0.248	1.000	−0.217	−0.240	0.041	1.000

PGE2, prostaglandin E2; miR, microRNA; HPGD, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase [NAD(+)]; PTGES, prostaglandin E synthase; PLA2G6, 85/88 kDa calcium-independent phospholipase A2; COX1, cyclooxygenase 1; mPGES, microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1; PLA, phospholipase A2.