Influence of Age on Cerebral Housekeeping Gene Expression for Normalization of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction after Acute Brain Injury in Mice

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 1777-1788

  Timaru Kast, Ralph ^a   Herbig, Elina L ^a   Luh, Clara ^a   Engelhard, Kristin ^a   Thal, Serge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; control genes; housekeeping; normalization; quantitative real time RT PCR; reference genes; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN-6, MOUSE; RNA;

18S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN GENE; BETA ACTIN GENE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOPHILIN A GENE; EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN INJURY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE GENE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOUSE; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S100B GENE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURY; C57BL MOUSE; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 84940877234     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3784     Document Type: Article

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