Ilaria Cimmino, Sara Bravaccini, and Claudio Cerchione
2. Urinary Cell-free DNA Integrity Analysis
Valentina Casadioand Samanta Salvi
3. Mutational analysis in Urinary Cell-Free DNA: KRAS in Colorectal Cancer
Chiara Molinariand Elisa Chiadini
4. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization In Urine Samples (UroVysion Kit)
Sara Bravaccini
5. Analysis of Copy Number Variation In Urine: c-Myc Evaluation using a Real Time PCR Approach
Valentina Casadio, Filippo Martignano, Roberta Gunelli, and Samanta Salvi
6. Urinary microRNA and mRNA in Tumors
Erika Bandini
7. Long non-coding RNAs as Innovative Urinary Diagnostic Biomarkers
Giulia Brisotto, Roberto Guerrieri,Francesca Colizzi, Agostino Steffan, Barbara Montico, and Elisabetta Fratta
8. Urinary Nucleic Acid In Tumor: Bioinformatics Approaches
Davide Angeli
9. PCA3 in Prostate Cancer
Gunelli Roberta, Eugenia Fragalà, and Fiori Massimo
10. Urinary Exosomes in Prostate Cancer
Samanta Salvi, Erika Bandini, and Francesco Fabbri
11. Urinary Biomarkers In Bladder Cancer
Matteo Costantini, Graziana Gallo, and Giovanna Attolini
12. Telomerase Activity Analysis In Urine Sediment For Bladder Cancer
Valentina Casadioand Sara Bravaccini
13. Protocols for Preparation And Mass Spectrometry Analysis Of Clinical Urine Samples To Identify Candidate Biomarkers of Schistosoma-Associated Bladder Cancer
Tariq Ganief, Bridget Calder, and Jonathan M Blackburn
Part II: Urinary Extracellular Vesicles
14. Current Methods For The Isolation Of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles
Eisuke Tomiyama, Kazutoshi Fujita, and Norio Nonomura
Part III: Physical Activity and Urinary Markers
16. Urinary Catecholamines As Markers In Overtraining Syndrome
Marina Casadio
17. Urinary Markers And Chronic Effect Of Physical Exercise
Leydi Natalia Vittori, Jenny Romasco, Andrea Tarozzi, and Pasqualino Maietta Latessa
Part IV: Urine Metabolic Markers
18. Urinary Metabolic Biomarkers In Cancer Patients: An Overview
Serena De Matteis, Massimiliano Bonafè, and Anna Maria Giudetti
This volume describes important methods, protocols, and techniques used for studying urinary biomarkers. Chapters detail different alterations use to studied different types of cancers and physiological conditions. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, Urinary Biomarkers: Methods and Protocols aims to be a useful practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field.