miRNA expression data from cultivated Human Thymic Epithelial Cells (hTECs) in comparison with cultivated Human Epidermal derived Keratinocytes (hEKs). Homo sapiens

The thymic epithelium and the epidermis display many common features despite their different structure, function and embryonic origin. We used microarrays to uncover differences and similarities in the miRNA expression profile of hTECs and hEKs and investigate their significance for the peculiar organization of the thymic structure. Overall design: miRNA expression was measured in cultivated hEKs, EpCAM negative hTECs and in EpCAM positive hTECs. Three indipendent experiment were performed to collected samples