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ArticleJournal of immunological methods2012

Evaluation of reference genes for quantitative PCR analysis of mouse lymphocytes.

Tina C Albershardt, Brian M Iritani, Alanna Ruddell

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Article in Journal of immunological methods, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Validation of reliable reference genes for qPCR of CD4+ T cells exposed to compressive strain.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tina C AlbershardtFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Brian M Iritani
Alanna Ruddell

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Interdisciplinary Tranining in Cancer ResearchT32CA080416 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STODDARD, BARRY L. · 1998 to 2023
$9.7M
Lymph Node Alterations in CancerR01CA068328 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RUDDELL, M ALANNA · 1996 to 2014
$4.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NCI NIH HHS R01 CA068328NCI NIH HHS R01 CA68328NCI NIH HHS T32 CA080416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Normalization to a reference gene is the method of choice for quantitative PCR analysis. The stability of reference genes is critical for accurate gene expression analysis, as significant variations in reference gene expression can alter experimental results and conclusions. In this study, we evaluated the expression stability of five commonly used reference genes found in mouse lymphocytes. Using NormFinder and BestKeeper algorithms, we consistently show that ubiquitin C (Ubc) is the optimal reference gene for normalizing qPCR data obtained from mouse lymphocytes, whereas beta-actin (Actb) is not a suitable reference gene due to its extensive variability in expression. Our findings emphasize the importance of validating reference genes for qPCR analyses. We provide a shortlist of reference genes to use for normalization and recommend freely available software programs as a rapid approach to validate potential reference genes.

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Software14-3-3 ProteinsActinsAnimalsB-LymphocytesGene Expression ProfilingGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating)Hypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseLymphocytesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReference StandardsReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionUbiquitin C14-3-3 ProteinsActinsGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating)Hypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseUbiquitin CYWHAZ protein, human

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PMID22884776
PMCPMC3432750

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