Identification of Reference Genes for Quantitative RT-PCR in Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Henn, Dominic ^a   Bandner Risch, Doris ^a   Perttunen, Hilja ^a   Schmied, Wolfram ^a   Porras, Carlos ^b   Ceballos, Francisco ^c   Rodriguez Losada, Noela ^d   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 1;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DILATATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA ANEURYSM; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIF2B1 GENE; ELF1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PPIA GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CYCLOPHILIN A; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2B; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84872251018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054132     Document Type: Article

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