Advances in epigenetic biomarker research in colorectal cancer

Table 3 MicroRNAs found in colorectal cancer but not in normal tissue

Up-regulated	miR-7, miR-17, miR-18a, miR-19a, miR-20a, miR-20, miR-21, miR-25, miR-29a, miR-29b, miR-32, miR-33a, miR-34a, miR-34b, miR-92a, miR-93, miR-95, miR-96, miR-101, miR-106a, miR-106b, miR-130, miR-135a, miR-135b, miR-181b, miR-182, miR-183, miR-191, miR-200c, miR-203, miR-222, miR-223, miR-224, miR-378, miR-155
Down-regulated	miR-30a, miR-30c, miR-34a, miR-125a, miR-126, miR-133a, miR-133b, miR-143, miR-145, miR-191, miR-192, miR-195, miR-215, miR-342, miR-497, miR-375, miR-378, miR-1, miR-9, miR-129, miR-137, miR-139

The underlined genes miR-34a, miR-191 and miR-378 were reported to be up-regulated in some studies[71-73] and down-regulated in others[74-76].