Validation of reference gene stability for miRNA quantification by reverse transcription quantitative PCR in the peripheral blood of patients with COVID-19 critical illness

• Amanda Formosa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amanda.formosa@mail.utoronto.ca (AF); claudia.santos@utoronto.ca (CCS)

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3826-8865

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• Erica Acton,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8097-7203

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• Amy Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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• Paul Turgeon,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Shehla Izhar,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Pamela Plant,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jim N. Tsoporis,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Sabri Soussi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Uriel Trahtemberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliations The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Critical Care Department, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel

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• Andrew Baker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Critical Care, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Claudia C. dos Santos

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amanda.formosa@mail.utoronto.ca (AF); claudia.santos@utoronto.ca (CCS)

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Critical Care, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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