Figure 3
From: PMC42, a breast progenitor cancer cell line, has normal-like mRNA and microRNA transcriptomes
Validation of microRNA (miRNA) expression by Luminex bead arrays and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The levels of 26 miRNAs measured using the methods indicated on the left are shown. qRT-PCR experiments were performed three times, each in triplicate, except for miRNAs 7, 126, and 126* (red diamond), which were measured once in triplicate; error bars indicate one standard deviation. On Luminex bead arrays, miRNAs 127 and 17-3p were below detection (red star). As units of expression in all methods are arbitrary, data were scaled to the highest-expressing sample for each miRNA. Normalised slide microarray data are presented on a non-logarithmic scale identical to the other two methods, for which the data were not normalised in any way. PN miRNAs appear in boldface. miRNAs with at least one negative value for correlation between the methods are shown in red. PN miRNA, microRNA specifically expressed in PMC42 and Normal breast tissue.