Diversity and signature of small RNA in different bodily fluids using next generation sequencing

BMC Genomics

Table 7 Number of novel miRNA candidates in the different bodily fluids

Bodily fluid	Signal-to-noise	miRDeep2 score	Number of novel miRNA candidates	Number of candidates present in miRCarta database
Blood	15.9	5	48	32
Leukocytes	11.5	5	16	9
Plasma	17	5	50	15
Serum	17.1	5	20	9
Saliva	4.8^a	5	4^a	0
Cell-Free Saliva	10.5	5	7	0
Urine	7.6^a	5	5^a	0
Cell-Free Urine	7.7^a	5	5^a	0

^aSignal-to-noise ratio is below the minimum accepted cutoff (10). The highest signal-to-noise ratio was used. However, predicted novel miRNAs at this value might not be real. Predicted novel miRNAs with a non-significant p-value of the RNA minimum free energy of folding randomization test (Randfold) have not been counted

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