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From: An in silicoanalysis of dynamic changes in microRNA expression profiles in stepwise development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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miRNA expression profile in the stepwise development of NPC. (A) The microdissection was performed with Methyl Green staining to separate tumor cells to non-tumor cells; (B)Hierarchical clustering result of 48 differentially-expressed miRNAs. Each row represents the expression profile of a miRNA across 22 samples and each column represents a sample. The sample IDs and clinical stages information are listed above the 'heatmap'. Red and green colors respectively indicate either higher and lower expression levels of the miRNA. Samples are well separated into control and NPC patient groups except three. Using the dendrogram-based methods for clustering, the samples can be further separated into five subgroups on hierarchical clustering, which were correlated with the NPC clinic stages. (C) Dynamic miRNA expressions were classified into 6 different patterns.

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