Impact of microRNAs on regulatory networks and pathways in human colorectal carcinogenesis and development of metastasis

Table 2 Sample set description for miRNA and gene array datasets

Array	Match type	Number of patients	Tissue type	Number of samples
miRNA	N-T-M	8	N	23
	N-T	7	N	23
	T-M	8	T	31
	M-N	2	T	31
	N	6	M	24
	T	8	M	24
	M	6	Total	78
	Total	45	Total	78
Array	Match type	Number of patients	Tissue type	Number of samples
Genes	N-T-M	9	N	23
	N-T	5	N	23
	T-M	8	T	30
	M-N	3	T	30
	N	6	M	27
	T	8	M	27
	M	7	Total	80
	Total	46	Total	80

For both miRNA and gene array samples, column 3 shows number of patients for whom paired data for various tissue type combinations were available; last column reports total number of samples for each tissue type.

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