The origin, function and diagnostic potential of extracellular microRNA in human body fluids

• Main Author: William Cho (auth)
• Other Authors: Andrey Turchinovich (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); extracellular miRNA; exosomal miRNA; blood plasma; blood serum; circulating miRNA; Argonaute Proteins; cell-cell communication; biological fluids
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Short non-coding RNA molecules, microRNAs (miRNAs), post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression in living cells. In recent years, miRNAs have been found in a wide spectrum of mammalian body fluids including blood plasma, saliva, urine, milk, seminal plasma, tears and amniotic fluid as extracellu...