A Parallel Study of mRNA and MicroRNA Profiling of Peripheral Blood in Young Adult Women (MicroRNA Profiling). Homo sapiens

The goal of this study is to identify aging-related biomarkers to improve our understanding of complex physiological changes, thereby providing a means to investigate the mechanism by which aging influences various diseases. Overall design: Global microRNA expression patterns from peripheral blood of two groups of healthy young adult women, among which 13 were aged 22-25 and 9 were aged 36-39 years old, were compared to determine changes in microRNA expression that are associated with aging.