Figure 1.

Circulating miR-203 expression levels in LN patients and healthy volunteers. A. qRT-PCR analysis of miR-203 expression in serum from 93 LN patients and 74 healthy volunteers. U6 was chosen as a housekeeping internal control for normalization of miR-203 expression. B. miR-203 expression was lower in serum from 35 active LN patients compared with that in serum from 58 inactive LN patients. Data are mean ± SD from triplicate experiments, *P<0.05. miR: microRNA, LN: lupus nephritis, U6: RNU6B.