Absolute quantification of cell-free microRNAs in cancer patients

Oncotarget

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 14545-14555

  Ferracin, Manuela ^a   Lupini, Laura ^a   Salamon, Irene ^a   Saccenti, Elena ^a,b   Zanzi, Maria Vittoria ^b   Rocchi, Andrea ^b   Da Ros, Lucia ^b   Zagatti, Barbara ^a   Musa, Gentian ^a   Bassi, Cristian ^a   Mangolini, Alessandra ^a   Cavallesco, Giorgio ^a,b   Frassoldati, Antonio ^b   Volpato, Stefano ^a   Carcoforo, Paolo ^a,b   Hollingsworth, Alan B ^c   Negrini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Mercy Hospital OKC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer biomarkers; Cell free microRNA; Droplet digital PCR

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125A P5; MICRORNA 181A 5P; MICRORNA 21 5P; MICRORNA 2110; MICRORNA 320A; MICRORNA 378A 3P; MICRORNA 425 5P; MICRORNA 766 3P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TUMOR MARKER;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYROID CANCER; UPREGULATION; VALIDITY; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84931097842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3859     Document Type: Article

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