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Table 1 Samples used in the study

From: Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma specific miRNA profiles in biopsy and their expression in plasma specimens

Sample types

Patients groups

Methods

Normal

Tubular adenoma

Tubulovillous adenoma

Adeno-carcinoma

FF tissue biopsy

n = 20

n = 11

n = 9

n = 20

Microarray

Matched plasma

n = 4

n = 4

n = 4

n = 4

Microarray

FF tissue biopsy (pooled)

Pooled tissue samples

Real-time PCR

n1 = 1–10

n2 = 11–20

n1 = 1–11

n1 = 1–9

n1 = 1–10

n2 = 11–20

Matched plasma

n = 3

n = 3

n = 3

n = 3

Real-time PCR

FFPET surgical tissue

n = 3

n = 3

n = 3

Real-time PCR

  1. FF fresh frozen, FFPET formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue