DNA was extracted from fresh frozen samples of renal cortex, tumor and adjacent non-tumor tissues and purified by standard phenol-chloroform extraction techniques. The quantity and purity of DNA were measured by
NanoDrop 2000c (Thermo Scientific, Wilmington, DE, USA).
Total RNA was isolated from fresh samples of tumor and adjacent normal tissue using
miRNeasy kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions and stored in RNAlater. All samples were treated with
DNAse (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). RNA samples were stored at −80°C. The quantity and purity of RNA was measured using
NanoDrop 2000c (Thermo Scientific, Wilmington, DE, USA).
Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was used to determine the RNA integrity number which ranged between 8–10.
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