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Table 1 Characteristic of included studies

From: MiR-146a expression profiles in osteoarthritis in different tissue sources: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Study

Study location

Sample size

Tissue source

Miranda-Duarte et al. [16]

Mexican mestizos

689

PBMCs (SNP-related study)

Nie et al. [17]

China

132

Synovial fluid

Wu et al. [18]

China

70

Plasma

Zhang et al. [19]

China

44

Cartilage

Kmiolek et al. [20]

Poland

26

Treg cells

Rousseau et al. [21]

France

133

Plasma

Shao et al. [22]

China

40

Cartilage

Wang et al. [23]

China

610

Plasma

Papathanasiou et al. [24]

Greece

1688

PBMCs (SNP-related study)

Papathanasiou et al. [25]

Greece

35

Chondrocytes/synoviocytes

Skrzypa et al. [26]

Poland

30

Cartilage/serum

Ali et al. [27]

India

28

Serum

Budd et al. [28]

UK

22

Chondrocytes

Cheleschi et al. [29]

Italy

10

Chondrocytes

Kopanska et al. [30]

Poland

31

Cartilage

Soyocak et al. [31]

Turkey

150

PBMC

Mu et al. [32]

China

60

Synovial fluid

Zakaria et al. [33]

Egypt

56

PBMC

Xu et al. [34]

China

20

Synovial fluid

Wang et al. [35]

China

14

PBMC

Qian et al. [36]

China

30

PBMC

Abou-Zeid et al. [37]

Egypt

105

PBMC

Okuhara et al. [38]

Japan

72

PBMC

Murata et al. [39]

Japan

68

Plasma

Niimoto et al. [40]

Japan

11

PBMC

Nakasa et al. [41]

Japan

6

Synovial tissue

  1. PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, Treg cells regulator T cells