Serum MicroRNAs Are Promising Novel Biomarkers (original) (raw)
Figure 2
MicroRNAs are present in bodily fluids.
A) microRNA levels in serum samples taken from 2 healthy individuals were measured. The levels of 18 different microRNAs (blue circles, cycle thresholds (CT) values) and the 4 synthetic RNA ‘spike-ins’ (in the lower left part of the graph) were found to be similar. B) To demonstrate that our extraction and evaluation methods can be applied to other body fluids, the same set of 20 microRNAs examined in serum were assessed in urine samples from 2 healthy individuals. Some microRNAs were undetectable in the urine samples and therefore are not shown. Notably, urine and serum samples demonstrate different microRNA abundance profiles.