Fig. 1

EBV-miR-BART8-3p expression is upregulated and co-expressed in NPC. a Heat map of 86 miRNAs differentially expressed between NPC specimens and normal nasopharyngeal mucosal specimens (CTRL). b Topological overlap matrix (TOM) plot of the microRNA co-expression network. The x- and y-axes represent 1315 microRNAs and the color intensity indicates interaction strength between microRNAs with red for the strongest interaction and white for no interaction. The color bars along the x- and y-axes denote the module membership. c The 20 most highly upregulated EBV BART miRNAs identified between NPC specimens and normal nasopharyngeal mucosal specimens