Validation of RT-qPCR reference genes and determination of Robo4 expression levels in human retinal endothelial cells under hypoxia and/or hyperglycemia

Gene

Volumn 585, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-142

  Xie, Jia'nan ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Su, Guanfang ^a  

^a THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetic Retinopathy; HREC; Hyperglycemia; Hypoxia; Reference Genes; Robo4

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ACTIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA; RNA 18S; ROUNDABOUT4 PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PUM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; ROBO4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TBP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN RETINAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA CELL; RNA EXTRACTION; STABLE EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

5-AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHETASE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84963700025     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.03.047     Document Type: Article

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