Selection of a suitable internal control gene for expression studies in pancreatic islet grafts

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 650-652

  Rodriguez Mulero, Sílvia ^a   Montanya, Eduard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Housekeeping gene; Hyperglicemia; Islet transplantation; Pancreatic islet; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CYCLOPHILIN A; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 25444477529     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000173790.12227.7b     Document Type: Article

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