Table 2. Level of miR-669c-3p expression in the liver measured by quantitative RT-PCR.

	Average Cta	Average Cta	The average of ΔCtb
	(U6)	(miR-669c-3p)	(Ct(miR-669c-3p) – Ct(U6))
CTL	22.74 ± 0.11	31.28 ± 0.12	8.54 ± 0.13
SE	22.54 ± 0.06	31.54 ± 0.15	9.00 ± 0.17*

CTL: control; SE: sesame lignans.

^aCt is the number of cycles that fluorescence passes the threshold in the amplification curve.

^bΔCt = Ct (miR-669c-3p) – Ct (U6). Data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n=12). *p<0.05 by two-tailed Student’s t-test.