Tissues were mechanically disrupted and simultaneously homogenized in the presence of QIAzol Lysis reagent (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA), using a Mikrodismembrator (Braun Biotech International, Melsungen, Germany). RNA was extracted using the miRNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) according to manufacturer’s instructions. RNA concentrations were measured with the NanoDrop ND-100 Spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, DE) while RNA quality was assessed with the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA) using the RNA 6000 Nano kit (Agilent Technologies). Samples, included in the present analysis, had a RIN score greater than 5 and a 28S:18S rRNA ratio near to 2:1.
Label
Cy3
Label protocol
Total RNA from each sample was labeled according to the manufacturers recommendations (Illumina MicroRNA Expression Profiling Assay Guide).
Hybridization protocol
Standard Illumina hybridization protocol
Scan protocol
Standard Illumina scanning protocol
Description
4976342015_K
Data processing
The data were extracted with BeadStudio software v3.8
