Table 3 Candidate EC reference genes ranked according to their expression stability as calculated by the geNorm and NormFinder algorithms

Card A

1

hsa-miR-339-5p

0.16

hsa-miR-301a

1.589

2

hsa-miR-301a

0.16

hsa-miR-339-5p

1.603

3

RNU48

0.2

hsa-miR-210

1.634

4

hsa-miR-210

0.22

RNU48

1.680

5

hsa-miR-328

0.26

hsa-miR-197

1.726

6

hsa-miR-20b

0.28

hsa-miR-328

1.785

7

hsa-miR-197

0.3

hsa-miR-149

1.794

8

hsa-miR-133a

0.3

hsa-miR-20b

1.841

9

hsa-miR-149

0.31

hsa-miR-133a

1.954

10

hsa-miR-218

0.32

RNU44

2.074

11

hsa-miR-18a

0.390

hsa-miR-18a

2.169

12

RNU44

0.49

hsa-miR-218

2.188

13

hsa-miR-214

0.59

hsa-miR-214

2.505

Card B

1

hsa-miR-425*

0.11

hsa-miR-425*

1.177

2

RNU24

0.11

RNU24

1.180

3

RNU48

0.16

RNU48

1.299

4

hsa-miR-877

0.23

hsa-miR-877

1.301

5

hsa-miR-130b

0.32

hsa-miR-130b

1.538

6

hsa-miR-181a-2*

0.34

RNU44

1.569

7

RNU44

0.39

hsa-miR-181a-2*

1.860