The importance of reference gene analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples from sarcoma patients — An often underestimated problem

Translational Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 687-693

  Aggerholm Pedersen, Ninna ^a   Safwa, Akmal ^a   Bærentzen, Steen ^a   Nordsmark, Marianne ^a   Nielsen, Ole Steen ^b   Alsner, Jan ^a   Sørensen, Brita S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; KARYOPHERIN; MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L19; MYELIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARAFFIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PROTEASOME; PUMILIO HOMOLOG 1; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L37A; RNA 18S; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE NEDD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EWING SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE; GENE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REFERENCE GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE SECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915811466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19365233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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