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Melanie M. Miyaji
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 1
Citations - 821
Melanie M. Miyaji is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer biomarkers & White blood cell. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 754 citations.
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Blood cell origin of circulating microRNAs: a cautionary note for cancer biomarker studies.
Colin C. Pritchard,Evan M. Kroh,Brent L. Wood,Jason D. Arroyo,Katy Dougherty,Melanie M. Miyaji,Jonathan F. Tait,Muneesh Tewari +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that blood cells are a major contributor to circulating miRNA and that perturbations in blood cell counts and hemolysis can alter plasma miRNA biomarker levels by up to 50-fold.