Chapter title |
A Robust Protocol to Quantify Circulating Cancer Biomarker MicroRNAs
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Chapter number | 18 |
Book title |
MicroRNA Detection and Target Identification
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-6866-4_18 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-6864-0, 978-1-4939-6866-4
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Authors |
Emma Bell, Hannah L. Watson, Shivani Bailey, Matthew J. Murray, Nicholas Coleman, Bell, Emma, Watson, Hannah L., Bailey, Shivani, Murray, Matthew J., Coleman, Nicholas |
Editors |
Tamas Dalmay |
Abstract |
Reverse-transcriptase quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is a widely used method for quantifying microRNAs (miRNAs) in cells and tissues. However, the quantification of miRNAs in the circulation presents specific challenges. Here, we describe an optimized protocol using a small amount of input material to assess serum sample quality and quantify levels of a panel of up to 20 miRNAs. This is achieved by multiplexing Taqman miRNA stem-loop primers in the reverse transcription step. An additional multiplexed pre-amplification step is used to increase the sensitivity of the final quantification step, which is carried out using standard Taqman qPCR methodology. |
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