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ArticleOncotarget2017

RNAscope

Victoria Bingham, Leanne McIlreavey, Christine Greene, Edwina O'Doherty, Rebecca Clarke, Stephanie Craig, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Stephen McQuaid, Claire Lewis, Jacqueline James

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Victoria BinghamMolecular Pathology Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Leanne McIlreaveyMolecular Pathology Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Christine GreeneNorthern Ireland Biobank, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Edwina O'DohertyNorthern Ireland Biobank, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Rebecca ClarkeMolecular Pathology Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Stephanie CraigMolecular Pathology Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Manuel Salto-TellezMolecular Pathology Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Stephen McQuaidNorthern Ireland Biobank, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Claire LewisNorthern Ireland Biobank, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Jacqueline JamesNorthern Ireland Biobank, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Queen's University Belfast · GBBelfast City Hospital · GBThe Northern Ireland Cancer Centre · GBUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 20256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunohistochemistry remains the overwhelming technique of choice for test biomarker evaluation in both clinical or research settings when using formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections. However, validations can be complex with significant issues about specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility. The vast array of commercially available antibodies from many vendors may also lead to non-standard approaches which are difficult to cross-reference. In contrast mRNA detection, by in situ hybridization (ISH) with sequence specific probes, offers a realistic alternative, with less validation steps and more stringent and reproducible assessment criteria. In the present study mRNA ISH was evaluated in prospectively and retrospectively collected FFPE samples within a cancer biobank setting. Three positive control probes, POLR2A, PPIB and UBC were applied to FFPE sections from a range of tumour types in FFPE whole-face (prospective collection) or TMA (retrospective collection) formats and evaluated semi-quantitatively and by image analysis. Results indicate that mRNA can be robustly evaluated by ISH in prospectively and retrospectively collected tissue samples. Furthermore, for 2 important test biomarkers, PD-L1 and c-MET, we show that mRNA ISH is a technology that can be applied with confidence in the majority of tissue samples because there are quantifiable levels of control probes indicating overall mRNA integrity.

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FFPEin situ hybridizationIntegritymRNAPathology Section

Identifiers

PMID29212158
PMCPMC5706804
OpenAlexW2767592696

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Registered trials

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