Fig. 4.
A protein–protein interaction (PPI) network of all common differentially expressed genes (CDEGs) included 96 nodes and 144 edges (A). One significant module was selected using the MCODE plugin, this module consisted of 10 nodes and 25 edges (B). Using miRNet online tools, 1047 predicted differentially expressed microRNAs (DEmiRNAs) of 79 upregulated CDEGs (C), and 832 predicted DEmiRNAs of 89 downregulated CDEGs (D) were identified in EC and HIP samples. The DEmiRNAs from EC and HIP were intersected with the DEmiRNAs from blood samples, 55 common DEmiRNAs (CDEmiRNAs) were further identified, including 30 downregulated CDEmiRNAs (C) and 25 upregulated CDEmiRNAs (D)