Fig. 1

Relative miR-150 expression in PBC samples in DF and SD patients. Relative expression at admission in patients recruited on, day 2 (n_DF = 2, n_SD = 3), day 3 (n_DF = 6, n_SD = 12), day 4 (n_DF = 11, n_SD = 5), all patients recruited within 3 days (n_DF = 8, n_SD = 15) and within 4 days (n_DF = 20, n_SD = 20) from fever onset. Relative expression presented as log values to the base 2 based on 2^−ΔCq values against geometric mean of miR-16 and miR-103a. * P < 0.01 based on ΔCq ± SEM using independent t – test with Bonferroni adjustment