Genome-Wide Profiling of RNA from Dried Blood Spots: Convergence with Bioinformatic Results Derived from Whole Venous Blood and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 182-197

  McDade, Thomas W ^a,b   M Ross, Kharah ^c   L Fried, Ruby ^a   Arevalo, Jesusa M G ^d   Ma, Jeffrey ^e   Miller, Gregory E ^a   Cole, Steve W ^d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DEVICES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84976435858     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2016.1185600     Document Type: Article

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