Evaluating reference genes to normalize gene expression in human epileptogenic brain tissues

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 403, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Wierschke, Stephan ^a,b   Gigout, Sylvain ^a   Horn, Peter ^a   Lehmann, Thomas Nicolas ^c   Dehnicke, Christoph ^d   Bräuer, Anja U ^a   Deisz, Rudolf A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HELIOS Kliniken Bad Saarow   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA A receptor; GFAP; Housekeeping genes; NormFinder; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPHILIN A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L28; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENORM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NORMFINDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REFERENCE GENE; RNA EXTRACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650177818     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.10.138     Document Type: Article

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