Table 2 Top 20 pathways of target genes from the 48 miRNAs differentially expressed between tumor and healthy tissue of HNSCC patients.

From: Tissue and serum microRNA profile of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients

KEGG pathway

P value1

Genes2

miRNAs3

Hippo signaling pathway

8.98E-09

102

33

Signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells

2.18E-08

96

34

Fatty acid biosynthesis

8.41E-07

7

18

Axon guidance

1.16E-06

84

31

Proteoglycans in cancer

2.08E-06

126

34

Pathways in cancer

8.41E-06

234

41

TGF-beta signaling pathway

8.56E-06

52

30

Endocytosis

8.56E-06

129

38

Glutamatergic synapse

9.06E-06

72

33

Glioma

1.11E-05

45

31

Neurotrophin signaling pathway

1.11E-05

84

33

Pancreatic cancer

1.46E-05

48

27

Wnt signaling pathway

1.46E-05

91

33

Thyroid hormone signaling pathway

2.14E-05

76

33

Morphine addiction

2.41E-05

58

32

Ras signaling pathway

2.82E-05

137

38

mTOR signaling pathway

4.85E-05

46

29

Renal cell carcinoma

4.93E-05

49

29

ErbB signaling pathway

5.78E-05

62

33

Oxytocin signaling pathway

6.22E-05

100

31

  1. 1Only pathways with P values lower than 0.05 were considered as significant.
  2. 2Number of genes affected in the pathway by the regulated miRNAs.
  3. 3Number of miRNAs differentially expressed that have a target gene in the pathway.