Detection of microRNA expression in human peripheral blood microvesicles.

MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate translation of mRNA and protein. Loss or enhanced expression of miRNAs is associated with several diseases, including cancer. However, the identification of circulating miRNA in healthy donors is not well characterized. Microvesicles, also kn...

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Main Authors: Melissa Piper Hunter, Noura Ismail, Xiaoli Zhang, Baltazar D Aguda, Eun Joo Lee, Lianbo Yu, Tao Xiao, Jeffrey Schafer, Mei-Ling Ting Lee, Thomas D Schmittgen, S Patrick Nana-Sinkam, David Jarjoura, Clay B Marsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2577891?pdf=render