A contaminant-free assessment of Endogenous Retroviral RNA in human plasma
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) comprise 6-8% of the human genome. HERVs are silenced in most normal tissues, up-regulated in stem cells and in placenta but also in cancer and HIV-1 infection. Crucially, there are conflicting reports on detecting HERV RNA in non-cellular clinical samples such as plas...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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