Fig 2. The BMLN for each type of cancer.
Taking BRCA as an example, we obtained 508 ISMLNs. We then counted the number of samples with significant changes for each miRNA-lncRNA pair and calculated the significance score. For example, the miR-200a-XIST interaction was significantly altered in all 508 samples, so the corresponding significance score was 508/508 = 1. Similarly, the significance scores of all 155653 miRNA-lncRNA pairs were calculated. We then ranked the miRNA-lncRNA pairs in descending order based on their significance scores. Finally, we chose only the miRNA-lncRNA interactions with high scores for further analysis.