Nascent proteomes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a novel source for biomarker discovery in human stroke

Fang Bian1, Roger P Simon, Yun Li

  • 1From the Department of Neurobiology (F.B., R.P.S., Y.L., A.Z.), and Clinical Research Center (J.W.), Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA (R.P.S., M.F.); Department of Biochemistry, Oregon Health Science University, Portland (L.D.); and Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (C.L.H., M.F.).

Stroke
|February 22, 2014
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