Comparison of Whole Blood RNA Preservation Tubes and Novel Generation RNA Extraction Kits for Analysis of mRNA and MiRNA Profiles

Madlen Häntzsch; Alexander Tolios; Frank Beutner; Dorothea Nagel; Joachim Thiery; Daniel Teupser; Lesca M. Holdt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113298

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Comparison of Whole Blood RNA Preservation Tubes and Novel Generation RNA Extraction Kits for Analysis of mRNA and MiRNA Profiles

Madlen Häntzsch,

Affiliations LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Alexander Tolios,

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Frank Beutner,

Affiliations LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Dorothea Nagel,

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Joachim Thiery,

Affiliations LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Daniel Teupser,

Affiliations LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Lesca M. Holdt

* E-mail: lesca.holdt@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Comparison of Whole Blood RNA Preservation Tubes and Novel Generation RNA Extraction Kits for Analysis of mRNA and MiRNA Profiles

Madlen Häntzsch,
Alexander Tolios,
Frank Beutner,
Dorothea Nagel,
Joachim Thiery,
Daniel Teupser,
Lesca M. Holdt

Published: December 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113298

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