Analysis of miR-203 regulated genes during IFNalpha treatment

The goal of this experiment was to determine gene expression changes during IFNα treatment as the result of expression or inhibition of miR-203 in A549 cells. The gene expression profiling experiment was performed with 4 groups (mock infected, IFNα treated, IFNα treated in the presence of exogenous miR-203, and IFNα treated in the presence of miR-203 inhibitor) with 3 biological replicates for each group. Total RNA was purified from A549 cells that were untreated of treated with IFNα (1000 units/mL) alone or in the presence of miR-203 mimic or inhibitor for 10 hours.