Table 1

Correlation between predicted and previously characterized tissue-specific miRNA expression

miRNAs

Brain

Heart

Kidney

Liver

Lung

Ovary

SM

Testes

let-7

*1,2,3

*1,2,3,4

*1,3,4,6

*2

*1,8

*

*1

*3,9

miR-1/206

2

*1,2,4,5

1

*2

1

1,5

miR-10

*4,6,7

*7

miR-101

*2

4

*1

*

9

miR-122a

3

*1,2,3

9

miR-124a

*1,2

miR-125

*1,2

*1,3,4

*1,4

1

*1,3

*

miR-128

*1,2

*

*1

*

*

miR-133

2,3

*1,2

1

*1,2

miR-136

2

*

miR-137

*1,2

*

*

*

miR-140

*

4

miR-144

2

*

miR-146

3

2,4

4

*

*

miR-15

*2,3

1,2,3

*4,6

*1,3

*

*3,9

miR-150

4

*

miR-153

*1,2

*

*

*

miR-190

1

*7

miR-193

1,7,4

1

*

miR-196

*

*

*1,4

3

*7

*

*

miR-199

4

4

1

*

miR-204

*

*

miR-24

2,3

*2

1,4,6

*1,8

*

miR-26

1,2,3

1,4

1,4,6

1,2

1

* 1

miR-27

*2,3

*2

*4,6

*1,8

*

*

*9

miR-29

*1,2

2,4

*4,6

1

miR-30

*1,2,3

*2,4

*1,4,6

*1,2

*1

*

*1

*9

miR-31

*

miR-326

*

*

miR-33

4

*

*

miR-330

*

miR-331

* 3

*

*

*3

*

miR-335

*

miR-34

3

*

*9

miR-365

3

*

miR-370

*

*

*

*

*

miR-375

*

miR-378

*

*

*

miR-448

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

miR-503

*3

3

3

3

3

miR-9

*1,2

All miRNAs for which expression of predicted target genes (according to TargetScan) was lower than expected in ≥ 1 tissue (p < 0.1) are listed and the tissues marked with an asterisk. Tissues in which miRNA expression has been experimentally characterized are indicated by the number of the appropriate reference: 1, Sempere et al. [29]; 2, Lagos-Quintana et al. [28]; 3, Gu J et al. [47]; 4, Naraba and Iwai [48]; 5, Zhao Y et al. [49]; 6, Lagos-Quintana et al. [50]; 7, Lagos-Quintana et al. [51]; 8, Hayashita et al. [52]; 9, Yu et al. [53]). Cells with both a reference number and asterisk indicate the overlap between our predicted expression pattern and the experimental data. SM, skeletal muscle.

Arora and Simpson Genome Biology 2008 9:R82   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r82