Circulating MicroRNAs: Molecular microsensors in gastrointestinal cancer

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 9349-9362

  Blanco Calvo, Moisés ^a   Calvo, Lourdes ^b   Figueroa, Angélica ^a   Haz Conde, Mar ^a   Antón Aparicio, Luis ^a,b   Valladares Ayerbes, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biomedical Research   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Circulating microRNAs; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer; Liver cancer; Oesophageal cancer; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TUMOR MARKER;

BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864327528     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120709349     Document Type: Review

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