Real-time PCR-based analysis of the human bile microRNAome identifies miR-9 as a potential diagnostic biomarker for biliary tract cancer.

Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is often difficult to diagnose definitively, even through histological examination. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate a variety of physiological processes. In recent years, it has been suggested that profiles for circulating miRNAs, as well as those for tissue miRNAs, have the p...

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Main Authors: Kengo Shigehara, Shigeki Yokomuro, Osamu Ishibashi, Yoshiaki Mizuguchi, Yasuo Arima, Yutaka Kawahigashi, Tomohiro Kanda, Ichiro Akagi, Takashi Tajiri, Hiroshi Yoshida, Toshihiro Takizawa, Eiji Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3157401?pdf=render