Event status: Not started (Register) Date and time: Thursday, September 7, 2017 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) Duration: 1 hour Description: This webinar will address improvements in the library prep workflow for small RNA sequencing in serum ...
Read More »Next-generation sequencing of serum microRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma patients on targeted therapy
Circulating biomarkers are urgently needed in HCC. miRNA are noncoding RNA that regulate mRNA expression and are detectable in tumor tissue and extracellular compartments. This pilot study explored the feasibility of using next-generation RNA sequencing to characterize miRNA abundance in ...
Read More »Small RNA Sequencing of Circulating microRNAs Reveals Novel Biomarkers
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a leading cause of acute liver failure and the major reason for withdrawal of drugs from the market. Preclinical evaluation of drug candidates has failed to detect about 40% of potentially hepatotoxic compounds in humans. ...
Read More »Optimization of Extraction of Circulating RNAs from Plasma – Enabling Small RNA Sequencing
There are several protocols and kits for the extraction of circulating RNAs from plasma with a following quantification of specific genes via RT-qPCR. Due to the marginal amount of cell-free RNA in plasma samples, the total RNA yield is insufficient ...
Read More »Exosomes provide a protective and enriched source of miRNA for biomarker profiling compared to intracellular and cell-free blood
Next-generation deep sequencing (NGS) has provided the ability to profile miRNA in biological fluids making this approach a viable screening tool to detect miRNA biomarkers. However, collection and handling procedures of blood needs to be greatly improved for miRNA analysis ...
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