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Abstract
A few years after the first description of free-circulating DNA in plasma and serum, the detection of tumor-associated overexpressed mRNA in plasma was also reported. This observation has been confirmed and it seems to be clear that the presence of free-circulating RNA is a ubiquitous phenomenon. In this short review I will discuss some basic aspects of the release mechanisms for the RNA, its biological meaning, and clinical value.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17108190 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1368.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci ISSN: 0077-8923 Impact factor: 5.691