Tissue microarrays from HOPE-fixed specimens allow for enhanced high throughput molecular analyses in paraffin-embedded material

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 201, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 599-602

  Goldmann, Torsten ^a   Drömann, Daniel ^a   Marzouki, Marouane ^a   Schimmel, Udo ^b   Debel, Karsten ^c   Branscheid, Detlev ^d   Zeiser, Tobias ^e   Rupp, Jan ^f   Gerdes, Johannes ^a   Zabel, Peter ^a   Vollmer, Ekkehard ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b Alphametrix Biotech GmbH   (Germany)

^c DCS Innovative Diagnostik Systeme   (Germany)

^d KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^e Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Asklepios Klinik   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

HOPE technique; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Paraffin; Tissue microarrays

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 25444479391     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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