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Transcriptional profiling and genotyping of degraded nucleic acids from autopsy tissue samples after prolonged formalin fixation times.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 6 Jan 2011
Ferruelo Antonio, El-Assar Mariam, Lorente José A, Nin Nicolás, Peñuelas Oscar, Fernández-Segoviano Pilar, Gonzalez Constancio, Esteban Andrés
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BACKGROUND: Samples used for genotyping and transcription studies are obtained and conserved in very specific conditions. The possibility to use autopsy tissue samples, which contain nucleic acids of very poor quality, would open new possibilities for genetic studies. METHODS: We have used liver tissue samples from autopsy cases to (i) determine its quality; (ii) study gene expression of 13 genes involved in...
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