Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 659028, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/659028
Methodology Report

Quantification of Small Non-Coding RNAs Allows an Accurate Comparison of miRNA Expression Profiles

Andrea Masotti,1 Viviana Caputo,2,3 Letizia Da Sacco,1 Antonio Pizzuti,2,3 Bruno Dallapiccola,2,3 and Gian Franco Bottazzo4

1Gene Expression and Microarrays Laboratory, Bambino Gesú Children's Hospital, P. za S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
2IRCCS-CSS, San Giovanni Rotondo and CSS-Mendel Institute, Viale Regina Margherita 261, 00198 Rome, Italy
3Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University La Sapienza, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy
4Scientific Directorate, Bambino Gesú Children's Hospital, P. za S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy

Received 1 January 2009; Revised 17 April 2009; Accepted 4 June 2009

Academic Editor: Daniel Gautheret

Copyright © 2009 Andrea Masotti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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