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- Title
Protein microarrays for personalized medicine.
- Authors
Yu, Xiaobo; Schneiderhan-Marra, Nicole; Joos, Thomas O
- Abstract
Over the last 10 years, DNA microarrays have achieved a robust analytical performance, enabling their use for analyzing the whole transcriptome or for screening thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in a single experiment. DNA microarrays allow scientists to correlate gene expression signatures with disease progression, to screen for disease-specific mutations, and to treat patients according to their individual genetic profiles; however, the real key is proteins and their manifold functions. It is necessary to achieve a greater understanding of not only protein function and abundance but also their role in the development of diseases. Protein concentrations have been shown to reflect the physiological and pathologic state of an organ, tissue, or cells far more directly than DNA, and proteins can be profiled effectively with protein microarrays, which require only a small amount of sample material.
- Publication
Clinical chemistry, 2010, Vol 56, Issue 3, p376
- ISSN
1530-8561
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1373/clinchem.2009.137158