Fig 6. Reciprocal expression of miRNA and mRNA in thymus.

qRT-PCR validation of miR-139-5p (A), miR-452-5p (B) and (C) RGS13 expression in the two groups show reciprocal expression of the micro RNAs and RGS13 mRNA. Each dot represents data obtained from a patient. It is expressed as +/- SEM. The level of expression for miRNAs was normalized to that of the U6 RNA. RGS13 expression was normalized to GAPDH expression. Student’s t test was performed with p<0.05 considered as significant.