Enhanced stability of microRNA expression facilitates classification of FFPE tumour samples exhibiting near total mRNA degradation

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 684-694

  Hall, J S ^a   Taylor, J ^a,b   Valentine, H R ^a   Irlam, J J ^a   Eustace, A ^a   Hoskin, P J ^c   Miller, C J ^b   West, C M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

degradation; FFPE; microarray; microRNA; profiling; snoRNA

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MICRORNA; PARAFFIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864884853     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.294     Document Type: Article

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