Table 2 Stability values and ranking of candidate reference genes were determined by BestKeeper, Normfinder and geNorm.

From: Identification of reference genes for circulating microRNA analysis in colorectal cancer

miRNA

BestKeeper

geNorm

NormFinder

std dev [± CP]

Rank

Stability value (M)

Rank

Stability value

Rank

hsa-miR-101-3p

1.413

8

1.334

9

0.730

6

hsa-miR-16-5p

1.820

9

1.474

8

0.878

8

hsa-miR-93-5p

1.297

6

0.960

2

0.269

2

hsa-miR-320d

0.498

1

1.471

8

0.906

9

hsa-miR-25-3p

0.842

3

0.977

3

0.283

3

hsa-miR-92b-3p

0.748

2

1.327

6

0.757

7

hsa-miR-106b-5p

0.966

4

0.944

1

0.228

1

hsa-miR-10b-5p

1.267

5

1.135

5

0.498

5

hsa-miR-107

1.394

7

1.113

4

0.420

4

  1. The stability is indicated by standard deviation of crossing point (CP) values in Bestkeeper, a lower stability value (M) in geNorm and stability value in Normfinder.