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The NIH Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium
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The NIH Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium

Alexandra M. Ainsztein, Philip J. Brooks, Vivien G. Dugan, Aniruddha Ganguly, Max Guo, T. Kevin Howcroft, Christine A. Kelley, Lillian S. Kuo, Patricia A. Labosky, Rebecca Lenzi, …
Journal of extracellular vesicles, Vol.4(1), pp.27493-n/a
01/01/2015
DOI: 10.3402/jev.v4.27493
PMCID: PMC4553264
PMID: 26320938
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https://doi.org/10.3402/jev.v4.27493View
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Abstract

The Extracellular RNA (exRNA) Communication Consortium, funded as an initiative of the NIH Common Fund, represents a consortium of investigators assembled to address the critical issues in the exRNA research arena. The overarching goal is to generate a multi-component community resource for sharing fundamental scientific discoveries, protocols, and innovative tools and technologies. The key initiatives include (a) generating a reference catalogue of exRNAs present in body fluids of normal healthy individuals that would facilitate disease diagnosis and therapies, (b) defining the fundamental principles of exRNA biogenesis, distribution, uptake, and function, as well as development of molecular tools, technologies, and imaging modalities to enable these studies, (c) identifying exRNA biomarkers of disease, (d) demonstrating clinical utility of exRNAs as therapeutic agents and developing scalable technologies required for these studies, and (e) developing a community resource, the exRNA Atlas, to provide the scientific community access to exRNA data, standardized exRNA protocols, and other useful tools and technologies generated by funded investigators.
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