Is human blood a good surrogate for brain tissue in transcriptional studies?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Since human brain tissue is often unavailable for transcriptional profiling studies, blood expression data is frequently used as a substitute. The underlying hypothesis in such studies is that genes expressed in brain tissue leave a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/589 |