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 ## Introduction
 All results from the project "Integrative Analysis of miRNA and mRNA Expression Profiles in Squamous Cell Carcinoma" are stored in this GitLab repository  
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+## Folder explanation: 
+We separated our folders like our workflow in 6 parts: <br />
+01_Differential_Expression_Analysis: DGE Analysis and the merging results  <br />
+02_MultiMIR : miRNA to target mRNA results  <br />
+03_Machine_Learning: Machine learning notebooks <br />
+04_Cytoscape : miRNA-mRNA interaction using Cytoscape  <br />
+05_Data_Annotation : Functional annotation results  <br />
+06_Survival_Analysis: survival analysis scripts <br />
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