MicroRNAs: Commercial Products on the Horizon
Author: Ricki Lewis, PhD
TABLES
Table 1.1. siRNAs and MicroRNAs
Table 1.2. MicroRNAs Expressed in Specific Cells, Tissues, and Organs of Animals
Table 1.3. MicroRNAs in Maize, Rice, and Sorghum
Table 2.1. Pace of MicroRNA Discovery Reflected in miRBase
Table 2.2. MicroRNA Prediction Tools
Table 3.1. Selected Onco-miRs Implicated in Cancer
Table 3.2. Selected Tumor-Suppressor MicroRNAs Implicated in Cancer
Table 4.1. MicroRNAs Implicated in Development and/or Differentiation
Table 5.1. Recent MicroRNA Patent Filings
FIGURES
Figure 1.1. Model for MicroRNA Biogenesis
Figure 2.1. TaqMan Array: MicroRNA Profiling by Real-Time RT-PCR
APPENDIX FIGURES
Figure 1A. Types of Organizations
Figure 2A. Functional Roles
Figure 3A. Job Titles
Figure 4A. Areas of Expertise
Figure 5A. Length of Time in MicroRNA Research
Figure 6A. Nature of MicroRNA Research
Figure 7A. Focus of Research
Figure 8A. Clinical Areas
Figure 9A. Cancer Research Focuses
Figure 10A. Research Systems
Figure 11A. Aspects of MicroRNA Function
Figure 12A. MicroRNA Tools
Figure 13A. Bioinformatics Tools
Figure 14A. MicroRNA Databases
Figure 15A. Tools for Inhibiting MicroRNA
Figure 16A. Companies in MicroRNA Isolation, Purification, Amplification, and/or Sequencing
Figure 17A. Sources of MicroRNA Expression and Target Expression Products
Figure 18A. Sources of Bead-Based MicroRNA Assays
Figure 19A. Companies Involved in Drug Target Screening Using MicroRNA
Figure 20A. Projections for Clinical Use
Figure 21A. Clinical Areas of MicroRNAs
Figure 22A. Challenges in Taking MicroRNAs into the Clinic
Figure 23A. Tools for Improving MicroRNA Analysis