Although connexin production is mainly regulated at the protein level, altered connexin gene expression has been identified as the underlying mechanism of several pathologies. When studying the latter, appropriate methods to quantify connexin RNA levels are required. The present chapter describes a wellestablished reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction procedure optimized for analysis of hepatic connexins. The method includes RNA extraction and subsequent quantification, generation of complementary DNA, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and data analysis.
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Maes, M., Willebrords, J., Yanguas, S. C., Cogliati, B., & Vinken, M. (2016). Analysis of liver connexin expression using reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1437, pp. 1–19). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3664-9_1
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