2014
Preanalytical variables and phosphoepitope expression in FFPE tissue: quantitative epitope assessment after variable cold ischemic time
Vassilakopoulou M, Parisi F, Siddiqui S, England AM, Zarella ER, Anagnostou V, Kluger Y, Hicks DG, Rimm DL, Neumeister VM. Preanalytical variables and phosphoepitope expression in FFPE tissue: quantitative epitope assessment after variable cold ischemic time. Laboratory Investigation 2014, 95: 334-341. PMID: 25418580, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2014.139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCold ischemic timeIschemic timeFormalin fixationCompanion diagnostic testingCancer patientsBreast cancerTissue microarrayPhospho-HSP27Breast tumorsDiagnostic testingQuantitative immunofluorescenceAQUA technologyPreanalytical variablesGene expression profilingLoss of antigenicityTissue samplesReproducible assessmentProtein levelsConfidence intervalsSpecimen collectionExpression levelsPhosphorylation levelsAntigenicityRoutine usageResearch settings
2012
Quantitative Assessment of Effect of Preanalytic Cold Ischemic Time on Protein Expression in Breast Cancer Tissues
Neumeister VM, Anagnostou V, Siddiqui S, England AM, Zarrella ER, Vassilakopoulou M, Parisi F, Kluger Y, Hicks DG, Rimm DL. Quantitative Assessment of Effect of Preanalytic Cold Ischemic Time on Protein Expression in Breast Cancer Tissues. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2012, 104: 1815-1824. PMID: 23090068, PMCID: PMC3514166, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsA Kinase Anchor ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorBiopsy, Large-Core NeedleBreast NeoplasmsCold IschemiaConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicFalse Negative ReactionsFemaleFixativesFluorescent Antibody TechniqueFormaldehydeGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitKi-67 AntigenMastectomy, SegmentalMatched-Pair AnalysisMinor Histocompatibility AntigensProspective StudiesProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneResearch DesignTime FactorsConceptsCold ischemic timeIschemic timeBreast cancer tissuesEstrogen receptorCancer tissuesLoss of antigenicityBreast cancer resectionProtein expressionCore needle biopsyCompanion diagnostic testsConditions of hypoxiaFalse-negative resultsBreast cancer biomarkersCancer resectionProgesterone receptorNeedle biopsyRecent guidelinesCold ischemiaBreast cancerTissue microarrayEvidence of lossQuantitative immunofluorescenceDiagnostic testsAntigenicityAQUA method
2011
Quantitative assessment shows loss of antigenic epitopes as a function of pre-analytic variables
Bai Y, Tolles J, Cheng H, Siddiqui S, Gopinath A, Pectasides E, Camp RL, Rimm DL, Molinaro AM. Quantitative assessment shows loss of antigenic epitopes as a function of pre-analytic variables. Laboratory Investigation 2011, 91: 1253-1261. PMID: 21519325, PMCID: PMC3145004, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore needle biopsyCold ischemic timePre-analytic variablesNeedle biopsyEstrogen receptorIschemic timeTumor resectionTumor resection specimensAntigenic lossResection specimensTissue biomarkersTotal AktBiopsyPhospho-AktQuantitative immunofluorescencePhospho-ERKPhospho-S6K1Antigenic epitopesTotal ERKResectionTotal proteinCytokeratinImmunological methodsAntigenicitySignificant changes
2004
Long-term preservation of antigenicity on tissue microarrays
DiVito KA, Charette LA, Rimm DL, Camp RL. Long-term preservation of antigenicity on tissue microarrays. Laboratory Investigation 2004, 84: 1071-1078. PMID: 15195116, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700131.Peer-Reviewed Original Research