Evaluation of Serum miR-21 Expression Level in Patients Suspected of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Hessam Zendehdel Moghadam, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, Babak Kheirkhah, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, Nadia Kazemi Pour, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, Ashraf Kariminik, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی
Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2020-12
Abstract
Background and Objective: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen, and the main target of this bacterium is the lungs, upper respiratory system, and their mucous membranes leading to acute or chronic infection of the respiratory tract. The purpose of this study was to investigate the microRNA 21 (miR-21) expression levels in the patients suspected of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Respiratory tract
- Disease
- Internal medicine
- Polymerase chain reaction
- Immunology
- Real-time polymerase chain reaction
- Pathogen
- Respiratory system
- Gastroenterology