Identification of optimal reference genes for gene expression normalization in a wide cohort of endometrioid endometrial carcinoma tissues

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Romani, Chiara ^a   Calza, Stefano ^a,b   Todeschini, Paola ^a   Tassi, Renata A ^a   Zanotti, Laura ^a   Bandiera, Elisabetta ^a   Sartori, Enrico ^a   Pecorelli, Sergio ^a   Ravaggi, Antonella ^a   Santin, Alessandro D ^c   Bignotti, Eliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE 2 SUBUNIT RPB1; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 FAMILY 3A; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; RNA; RNA 18S;

ACTB GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B2M GENE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER TISSUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GUSB GENE; H3F3A GENE; HPRT1 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLR2A GENE; PPIA GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TBP GENE; UBC GENE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84916235315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113781     Document Type: Article

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