Analysis of microRNA from archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Utsumi, Jun ^c   Sasaki, Hidenao ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMBRA1; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autophagy; Bioinformatics; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded specimen; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

AMBRA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FORMALDEHYDE; MICRORNA; PARAFFIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SOFTWARE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84964697088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40478-014-0173-z     Document Type: Article

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