Exosomal MiR-1290 Promotes Angiogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Targeting SMEK1

Table 1

Correlation between the clinicopathological characteristics and miR-1290 expression in HCC.

Clinicopathologic features		n	Exosomal miR-1290		value
			High	Low
Gender	Male	37	18	19	0.202
	Female	12	7	5
Age	<55	20	10	10	0.777
	≥55	29	15	14
AFP	<400 μg/L	23	10	13	0.157
	≥400 μg/L	26	15	11
TNM stage	I	16	6	10	0.004
	II + III	33	19	14
Tumor size (cm)	<5	18	7	11	0.048
	≥5	31	18	13

Note. The median expression level was used as the cut-off. Low expression of miR-1290 in 24 patients was classified as values below the 50th percentile. High miR-1290 expression in 25 patients was classified as values at or above the 50th percentile. For analysis of correlation between miR-1290 expressions and clinical features, chi-square tests were used. Results were considered statistically significant at