Utilizing mRNA extracted from small, archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded prostate samples for translational research: Assessment of the effect of increasing sample age and storage temperature

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 961-967

  Stewart, Grant D ^a   Baird, Jan ^b   Rae, Frances ^a   Nanda, Jyoti ^a   Riddick, Antony C P ^a   Harrison, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Response Genetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene Expression; Messenger; Molecular; Pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prostatic hyperplasia; RNA

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FORMALIN FIXED PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859927970     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-9948-3     Document Type: Article

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