RNA was isolated from plasma samples using protocol described earlier30 (link). SmallRNA libraries generated using the Ion Total RNA-Seq Kit v2 were processed through emulsion PCR using OneTouch 2 (Life Technologies) and the Ion PGM™ Template OT2-200 Kit, then enriched using the OneTouch ES (all Life Technologies). One sample was loaded per Ion-318 chip and sequenced on Ion PGM using the Ion PGM™ Sequencing 200 Kit v2 (all Life Technologies). The aligned BAM files were analyzed using Strand NGS (Strand Life Sciences) and differential miRNA expression was determined by a two-fold change in normalized read number.
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