View the relationship between miRNA and gene samples

This function allows to access the pairedSamples slot of a MirnaExperiment object. The MirnaExperiment class is able to contain miRNA and gene expression measurements deriving from the same individuals (paired samples), or from different subjects (unpaired samples).

Usage

pairedSamples(object)

Arguments

object

A MirnaExperiment object containing miRNA and gene data

Value

A logical value that is either TRUE for paired samples, or FALSE for unpaired samples.

Author

Jacopo Ronchi, jacopo.ronchi@unimib.it

Examples

# load example MirnaExperiment object
obj <- loadExamples()

# check if an existing MirnaExperiment object derive from paired samples
pairedSamples(obj)
#> [1] TRUE