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Lack of detectable oral bioavailability of plant microRNAs after feeding in mice

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Figure 1: Plasma LDL levels and LDLRAP1 protein levels in mice fed synthetic chow or rice-containing chows.

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The authors wish to thank J. Heard (Monsanto) for initiating collaboration work on this project, and D. Ader, R. Kerstetter, M. Huang and T. Samanta for small RNA sequencing.

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Dickinson, B., Zhang, Y., Petrick, J. et al. Lack of detectable oral bioavailability of plant microRNAs after feeding in mice. Nat Biotechnol 31, 965–967 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2737

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