Figure 4

Correlation of GO terms between DE mRNAs and targets of DE miRNAs. A A permissive interaction occurs between a down-regulated miRNA (depicted in blue) and an up-regulated mRNA (depicted in red), whereas a repressive interaction is one in which the miRNA is up-regulated (red) and its target mRNA is down-regulated (blue). B. We performed GO enrichment analyses with the complete up- and down-regulated lists of mRNAs and also with the subset of miRNA targets among each of these lists. C. A correlation of some of the GO terms from DE mRNAs and targets of DE miRNAs was detected, indicating that these functions might also be regulated by miRNAs.