Validation of the MethylationEPIC BeadChip for fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumours

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kling, Teresia ^a   Wenger, Anna ^a   Beck, Stephan ^b   Carén, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

450K; Brain tumour; DNA methylation; DNA restoration; EPIC; Epigenetics; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARAFFIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER TISSUE; CHILD; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOISE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 85016938751     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-017-0333-7     Document Type: Article

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