Centrifugation: an important pre-analytic procedure that influences plasma microRNA quantification during blood processing

Circulating microRNAs are robustly present in plasma or serum and have become a research focus as biomarkers for tumor diagnosis and prognosis. Centrifugation is a necessary procedure for obtaining high-quality blood supernatant. Herein, we investigated one-step and two-step centrifugations, two cen...

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Main Authors: Zheng, Xiao-Hui, Cui, Cui, Zhou, Xin-Xi, Zeng, Yi-Xin, Jia, Wei-Hua
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870851/