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. 2018 Feb 26;15(5):6115–6122. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.8117

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Association of the miRNA expression patterns with several clinical features. (A) Tumors were characterized by pathological analysis as well, moderately or poorly differentiated. The expression of miR-143 and miR-145 was determined using RT-qPCR. U6 snRNA was used for miRNA normalization. Results are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, Student's t-test. The HBV-associated HCC samples were also grouped according to the following clinical features: (B) (+/-) Metastasis, (C) (+/-) cirrhosis or (D) (+/-) complete tumor capsule. No statistically significant association was identified between these clinical features and the expression of miR-143 and miR-145. miRNA/miR, microRNA; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction.