The origin, function and diagnostic potential of extracellular microRNA in human body fluids

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Turchinovich, Andrey ^a,b   Cho, William C ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological fluids; Body fluids; Cell communication; Diagnostic

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY FLUID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84897740342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00030     Document Type: Editorial

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