data was from HepG2 cells treated with nano-silver particles using silver nitrate as negative controls. Differentially expressed messenger RNA and microRNA were obtained by RNA sequencing and data analysis. Differentially expressed RNA and microRNA lists were than uploaded to Ingenuity Pathway Analysis to find the pathways altered by the differentially expressed genes. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Thai, S., C. Jones, B. Robinette, H. Ren, B. Vallanat, A. Fisher, and K. Kitchin. Effects of Silver Nanoparticles and Silver Nitrate on mRNA and microRNA Expression in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells (HepG2). Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. American Scientific Publishers, VALENCIA, CA, USA, 21(11): 5414-5428, (2021).