Impact of warm ischemia on gene expression analysis in surgically removed biosamples

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 423, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-235

  Ma, Yi ^a   Dai, Huili ^a   Kong, Xianming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; RNA stability; Warm ischemia

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; RNA; SURGERY; THAWING; TISSUE;

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EXPRESSION VARIATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PRESERVATION METHODS; RNA STABILITY; SURGICAL MANIPULATION; WARM ISCHEMIAS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

BIOPSY; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; STORAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

EID: 84862790479     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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