Project description:We used microarrays to investigate differential microRNA (miRNA) expression in reticulocytes comparing reticulocytes from control individuals with normal fetal hemoglobin (HbF) level to hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) and β-thalssemia minor with high HbF, and try to find out some miRNAs associated with the mechanisms of HbF induction.
Project description:To explore long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression and the biological functions of lncRNAs in fetal hemoglobin (HbF) induction, we surveyed lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles using circulating reticulocytes isolated from individuals with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) and β-thalassaemia minor with high HbF.