MicroRNAs as biomarkers for CNS disease

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Rao, Pooja ^a   Benito, Eva ^b   Fischer, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; CSF; Exosome; Microrna; Next generation sequencing; Plasma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL DISEASE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 84888631877     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2013.00039     Document Type: Article

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