Measuring microRNA expression levels in oncology: From samples to data analysis

Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-287

  De Cecco, Loris ^a   Dugo, Matteo ^a   Canevari, Silvana ^a   Daidone, Maria Grazia ^a   Callari, Maurizio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational aspects; Cross platform comparison; Microarray; microRNA; Quality control; Reverse transcription quantitative PCR; RNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876568202     PISSN: 08939675     EISSN: 21626448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevOncog.2013007207     Document Type: Article

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