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SUBMITTER: Di Mauro S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709007 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Mauro Stefania S Scamporrino Alessandra A Fruciano Mary M Filippello Agnese A Fagone Evelina E Gili Elisa E Scionti Francesca F Purrazzo Giacomo G Di Pino Antonino A Scicali Roberto R Di Martino Maria Teresa MT Malaguarnera Roberta R Malatino Lorenzo L Purrello Francesco F Vancheri Carlo C Piro Salvatore S
International journal of molecular sciences 20201120 22
<h4>Background</h4>Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic degenerative disease with a median survival of 2-5 years after diagnosis. Therefore, IPF patient identification represents an important and challenging clinical issue. Current research is still searching for novel reliable non-invasive biomarkers. Therefore, we explored the potential use of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs as biomarkers for IPF.<h4>Methods</h4>We first performed a whole transcriptome analysis using micro ...[more]