Table 2 Potential upstream regulators or mediators of miR-7 predicted by target gene analysis.

From: MicroRNA-7-5p mediates the signaling of hepatocyte growth factor to suppress oncogenes in the MCF-10A mammary epithelial cell

Upstream regulator

Molecular type

Predicted activation state a

Activation z-score

P-value of overlap

HGF

growth factor

Activated

4.953

2.25E-16

RABL6

other

Activated

4.796

4.91E-25

CSF2

cytokine

Activated

4.7

9.42E-16

PTGER2

g-protein coupled receptor

Activated

4.459

1.52E-28

Vegf

group

Activated

4.31

1.96E-14

RARA

ligand-dependent nuclear receptor

Activated

4.123

5.77E-08

ESR1

ligand-dependent nuclear receptor

Activated

3.963

8.66E-10

FOXM1

transcription regulator

Activated

3.696

4.82E-19

E2f

group

Activated

3.687

1.86E-16

MITF

transcription regulator

Activated

3.483

4.47E-13

BNIP3L

other

Inhibited

−3.317

8.12E-10

CDKN1A

kinase

Inhibited

−3.519

2.07E-33

Irgm1

other

Inhibited

−3.592

1.24E-14

KDM5B

transcription regulator

Inhibited

−3.601

3.74E-08

let-7

microrna

Inhibited

−3.734

4.12E-15

CDKN2A

transcription regulator

Inhibited

−3.764

3.21E-11

phorbol myristate acetate

chemical drug

Inhibited

−4.448

2.89E-07

TP53

transcription regulator

Inhibited

−4.529

5.91E-26

NUPR1

transcription regulator

Inhibited

−5.488

6.02E-13

calcitriol

chemical drug

Inhibited

−5.68

1.86E-25

  1. aThe status of the regulator that results in the same expression profile of the target genes of miR-7 in the miR-7-overexpressing MCF-10A.