Untersuchung von miRNAs mithilfe getrockneter Blutstropfen

Due to their connection to a great diversity of diseases and their prevalence in blood, microRNAs (miRNAs) are envisaged as biomarkers in liquid biopsy diagnostics. Utilizing dried blood spots (DBS) for the isolation of miRNAs greatly facilitates both the sample collection and the storage in comparison to liquid blood. MiRNAs isolated from DBS can be used for the analysis of individual miRNAs and for high-throughput analyses of the entire miRNome.