Effects of pre-analytical processes on blood samples used in metabolomics studies

P Yin, R Lehmann, G Xu - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2015 - Springer
Every day, analytical and bio-analytical chemists make sustained efforts to improve the
sensitivity, specificity, robustness, and reproducibility of their methods. Especially in targeted …

The procurement, storage, and quality assurance of frozen blood and tissue biospecimens in pathology, biorepository, and biobank settings

M Shabihkhani, GM Lucey, B Wei, S Mareninov… - Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Well preserved frozen biospecimens are ideal for evaluating the genome, transcriptome,
and proteome. While papers reviewing individual aspects of frozen biospecimens are …

Elevated vascular transformation blood biomarkers in Long-COVID indicate angiogenesis as a key pathophysiological mechanism

MA Patel, MJ Knauer, M Nicholson, M Daley… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Long-COVID is characterized by prolonged, diffuse symptoms months after
acute COVID-19. Accurate diagnosis and targeted therapies for Long-COVID are lacking …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolomics profiling of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients: identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers

DD Fraser, M Slessarev, CM Martin… - Critical care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 continues to spread rapidly with high mortality. We
performed metabolomics profiling of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients to …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial injury and glycocalyx degradation in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients: implications for microvascular platelet aggregation

DD Fraser, EK Patterson, M Slessarev… - Critical Care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 virus. Patients admitted to the ICU suffer from microvascular …

What proportion of Salmonella Typhi cases are detected by blood culture? A systematic literature review

V Mogasale, E Ramani, VV Mogasale… - Annals of clinical …, 2016 - Springer
Blood culture is often used in definitive diagnosis of typhoid fever while, bone marrow
culture has a greater sensitivity and considered reference standard. The sensitivity of blood …

Inflammation profiling of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients

DD Fraser, G Cepinskas, M Slessarev… - Critical care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-
coronavirus-2 infection to which there is no community immunity. Patients admitted to ICUs …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers of coagulation, endothelial function, and fibrinolysis in critically ill patients with COVID‐19: a single‐center prospective longitudinal study

GK Juneja, M Castelo, CH Yeh, SE Cerroni… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Immunothrombosis and coagulopathy in the lung microvasculature may lead to
lung injury and disease progression in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). We aim to …

Guidelines for pre-analytical conditions for assessing the methylation of circulating cell-free DNA

MA Kerachian, M Azghandi, S Mozaffari-Jovin… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Methylation analysis of circulating cell-free DNA (cirDNA), as a liquid biopsy, has a
significant potential to advance the detection, prognosis, and treatment of cancer, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-fetoprotein analysis

OO Adigun, SNS Yarrarapu, M Zubair… - StatPearls …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human α-fetoprotein (AFP) is a tumor-associated fetal mammalian glycoprotein involved in
ontogenic and oncogenic growth.[1] This tumor marker is encoded by the AFP gene on …