Heparin interference with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of RNA extracted from lungs after ischemia-reperfusion

Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR).

Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become a well-established and powerful molecular technique for studying ribonucleic acids. It is used in medical diagnostics for detecting viral RNA, in hematology and oncology for detecting chimeric transcripts of rearranged genes (1), and in the broad area of research applications in gene expression studies. Since its introduction (...

Diagnosis of dengue by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

A rapid identification of dengue viruses from clinical samples by using a nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure was carried out for diagnostic and epidemiological purposes. RT-PCR identified DEN-1 and DEN-2 viruses in 41% (41/100) of previously confirmed cases and provided an accurate confirmation of DHF in four fatal cases. RT-PCR was also useful for detecti...

Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

The real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) has become the method of choice for the quantification of specific mRNAs. This method is fast, extremely sensitive, and accurate, requires only very small amounts of input RNA, and is relatively simple to perform. These characteristics have made it the method of choice for minimal residual disease monitoring suc...

Usefulness of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for detection of rabies RNA in archival samples.

The examination of archival samples by molecular techniques has been found to be a valuable tool in providing retrospective and epidemiological data. In contrast to DNA, there are fewer comprehensive studies quantitatively addressing the feasibility of assessing RNA from archival samples. In tropical countries like India, such studies are even more rare. One problem is that the warm climate and...

Enterovirus detection by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction from the coastal waters of southern California