on the cusp of significancep = 0.05
5a ) while miR-200a was on the cusp of significance (r = 0.43, p = 0.05) (Fig. 5b ).
5a ) while miR-200a was on the cusp of significance (r = 0.43, p = 0.05) (Fig. 5b ).
Furthermore, in the PPPs of these liver cases and controls, the expression of miR-122 was significantly greater (p < 0.01, fold change = 3.3) and miR-200a showed a clear trend towards significance (p = 0.079, fold change = 4.5) in the liver cases compared to their matched controls, while, as expected, let-7e, which showed no association with liver disease in serum, showed no difference in the PPPs.