Figure 3.
Functional enrichment analysis of ACR-associated microRNA gene targets. A. Differentially expressed microRNAs in airway epithelium of patients with ACR were linked to 253 experimentally verified gene products, creating a complex interaction network (see also Figure 2). Note that some microRNAs such as miR-34a-5p and miR-124-3p modulated many targets, whereas others influenced very few genes. B. A representative summary of functional categories and pathways enriched among these 253 microRNA-regulated genes reveals that ACR is highlighted by activation of processes involved in proliferation, transformation, development, differentiation, repair, and migration.