Post-mortem tissue biopsies obtained at minimally invasive autopsy: An RNA-quality analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Van Der Linden , Anita ^a   Blokker , Britt M ^a   Kap, Marcel ^a   Weustink, Annick C ^a   Riegman, Peter H J ^a   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^a   Cappello, Francesco ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE AUTOPSY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTEGRITY NUMBER; SAMPLING; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; DISEASES; GENETICS; KIDNEY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84919798288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115675     Document Type: Article

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