Figure 1

Workflow diagram illustrating strategy for identification of housekeeping normalizer miRNAs for RT-qPCR. Pkd1, polycystic kidney disease 1 gene; miR, microRNA. For the sake of comparison, we included housekeeping genes selected from the literature, i.e., miR-20a, miR-25, miR-26a, miR-191 and U6.