Fig. 3

Scatter plots of the relative expression of miR-192 in the serum (n = 21) (a) and miR-185 in the colonic mucosa (n = 26) (b), and CCECAI score of dogs with large intestinal inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as determined by Spearman’s rank correlation. Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05. AU = arbitrary units (which represent the expression of each miR normalized to U6sn RNA internal control), CCECAI = canine chronic enteropathy clinical activity index, miR = microRNA, r = Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient