Droplet digital PCR quantifies host inflammatory transcripts in feces reliably and reproducibly

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 303, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-49

  Stauber, Jennifer ^a   Shaikh, Nurmohammad ^a   Ordiz, M Isabel ^a   Tarr, Phillip I ^a   Manary, Mark J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enteric dysfunction; Gut inflammation; Human mRNA; Quantitative PCR; Stool; Stunting

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; AUTACOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INTESTINE; LACTULOSE MANNITOL TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALAWI; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALAWI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84962693880     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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