Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics

CJ Raxworthy, BT Smith - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

Design and standardization of PCR primers and protocols for detection of clonal immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene recombinations in suspect …

JJM Van Dongen, AW Langerak, M Brüggemann… - Leukemia, 2003 - nature.com
In a European BIOMED-2 collaborative study, multiplex PCR assays have successfully been
developed and standardized for the detection of clonally rearranged immunoglobulin (Ig) …

A review of preanalytical factors affecting molecular, protein, and morphological analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue: how well do you know …

BP Bass, KB Engel, SR Greytak… - Archives of pathology …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context Formalin fixation and paraffin embedding is a timeless, cost-efficient, and widely
adopted method of preserving human tissue biospecimens that has resulted in a substantial …

Real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) and its potential use in clinical diagnosis

SA Bustin, R Mueller - Clinical Science, 2005 - portlandpress.com
qRT-PCR (real-time reverse transcription-PCR) has become the benchmark for the detection
and quantification of RNA targets and is being utilized increasingly in novel clinical …

Molecular classification identifies a subset of human papillomavirus–associated oropharyngeal cancers with favorable prognosis

PM Weinberger, Z Yu, BG Haffty, D Kowalski… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We sought to determine the prevalence of biologically relevant human
papillomavirus (HPV) in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Retinoblastoma …

High prevalence of sessile serrated adenomas with BRAF mutations: a prospective study of patients undergoing colonoscopy

KJ Spring, ZZ Zhao, R Karamatic, MD Walsh… - Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Sporadic colorectal cancers with a high degree of microsatellite
instability are a clinically distinct subgroup with a high incidence of BRAF mutation and are …

Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry: review and future prospects in research and diagnosis over two decades

SR Shi, Y Shi, CR Taylor - Journal of Histochemistry & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
As a review for the 20th anniversary of publishing the antigen retrieval (AR) technique in this
journal, the authors intend briefly to summarize developments in AR-immunohistochemistry …

Antigen retrieval techniques: current perspectives

SR Shi, RJ Cote, CR Taylor - Journal of Histochemistry & …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Development of the antigen retrieval (AR) technique, a simple method of boiling archival
paraffin-embedded tissue sections in water to enhance the signal of immunohistochemistry …

[HTML][HTML] Angiogenic and lymphangiogenic microvessel density in breast carcinoma: correlation with clinicopathologic parameters and VEGF-family gene expression

WWL Choi, MM Lewis, D Lawson, Q Yin-Goen… - Modern pathology, 2005 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis are essential for breast cancer progression and are
regulated by vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF). To determine clinical and …

Unlocking the archive–gene expression in paraffin‐embedded tissue

F Lewis, NJ Maughan, V Smith, K Hillan… - The Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The histopathology archive represents a vast, well‐characterized source of specimens
covering virtually every disease and is available for molecular biological investigation. The …