Gene description for METRN
Gene name	meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator
Gene symbol	METRN
Other names/aliases	C16orf23 c380A1.2
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified METRN in Glioblastoma cells
1 Experiment ID 203 Identified molecule mrna Extracellular vesicle type Microvesicles MISEV EVs Identification method Microarray PubMed ID 19011622    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Glioblastoma microvesicles transport RNA and proteins that promote tumour growth and provide diagnostic biomarkers Authors Skog J, Wüer T, van Rijn S, Meijer DH, Gainche L, Sena-Esteves M, Curry WT Jr, Carter BS, Krichevsky AM, Breakefield XO Journal name Nat Cell Biol Publication year 2008 Sample Glioblastoma cells Sample name Glioblastoma cells Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Ultracentrifugation Filtration Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein miRNA mRNA Methods used in the study RT-PCR Antibody array Microarray EV-TRACK -