A comparison between quantitative PCR and droplet digital PCR technologies for circulating microRNA quantification in human lung cancer

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Campomenosi, Paola ^a   Gini, Elisabetta ^a   Noonan, Douglas M ^a,b   Poli, Albino ^c   D'Antona, Paola ^a   Rotolo, Nicola ^a   Dominioni, Lorenzo ^a   Imperatori, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Droplet digital PCR; Lung cancer; MicroRNAs; QPCR; Serum biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; DROPS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL PCR; LUNG CANCER; MICRORNAS; QPCR; SERUM BIOMARKERS;

RNA;

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA LEY 7A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GENETIC MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICRORNAS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84982245188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-016-0292-7     Document Type: Article

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