Identification of appropriate reference genes for human mesenchymal cells during expansion and differentiation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is an extremely powerful technique for monitoring gene expression. The quantity of the messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNA) of interest should be normalized using a reference gene, in order to avoid unreliable results originated by the obtained RNA quality and quantity, manipulation errors and inhibitory contaminants. A reference gene is any gene that is stably and consistently expressed under the conditions being studied. Completely false data can be generated if a reference gene is not chosen adequately.

Results

In the present study, we compared expression levels of five putative reference genes (HPRT1, ACTB, GAPDH, RPL13A and B2M) in primary cultures of four different human cells: mesenchymal stromal cells o

SUBMITTER: Amable PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3759474 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature