Differential expression Profiles of microRNAs in PBMC specimen from tuberculosis patients and normal volunteers

Purpose: To investigate the role and mechanism of microRNAs in tuberculosis. Methods: microRNAs sequencing were performed to screen differential expressed microRNAs in PBMC specimen between tuberculosis patients and normal volunteers. Results: A total of 1560 distinct microRNAs were identified in these samples, and 788 of these microRNAs were upregulated and 772 microRNAs were downregulated. Overall design: Tuberculosis differential expression Profiles of microRNAs in PBMC were generated by high throughput sequencing, using Illumina Hiseq2000/2500. Overall design: Human PBMC samples are analyzed,5 tuberculosis patients together with 5 normal volunteers are included.