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ReviewBiomolecules2023

Biomarker Analysis of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Clinical Tissues Using Proteomics.

Ekenedirichukwu N Obi, Daniel A Tellock, Gabriel J Thomas, Timothy D Veenstra

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Review in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Proteomics in the Diagnosis of Viral and Pathogenic Infections.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  12. Biomarker Identification through Proteomics in Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Global Protein Profiling in Processed Immunohistochemistry Tissue Sections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ekenedirichukwu N ObiSchool of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314, USA.
Daniel A TellockSchool of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314, USA.
Gabriel J ThomasSchool of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314, USA.
Timothy D VeenstraSchool of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314, USA.
Cedarville University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relatively recent developments in mass spectrometry (MS) have provided novel opportunities for this technology to impact modern medicine. One of those opportunities is in biomarker discovery and diagnostics. Key developments in sample preparation have enabled a greater range of clinical samples to be characterized at a deeper level using MS. While most of these developments have focused on blood, tissues have also been an important resource. Fresh tissues, however, are difficult to obtain for research purposes and require significant resources for long-term storage. There are millions of archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues within pathology departments worldwide representing every possible tissue type including tumors that are rare or very small. Owing to the chemical technique used to preserve FFPE tissues, they were considered intractable to many newer proteomics techniques and primarily only useful for immunohistochemistry. In the past couple of decades, however, researchers have been able to develop methods to extract proteins from FFPE tissues in a form making them analyzable using state-of-the-art technologies such as MS and protein arrays. This review will discuss the history of these developments and provide examples of how they are currently being used to identify biomarkers and diagnose diseases such as cancer.

Indexed as

FormaldehydeProteomicsBiomarkersParaffin EmbeddingTissue FixationBiomarkersFormaldehydebiomarker discoverydisease diagnosisformalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissuesmass spectrometry

Identifiers

PMID36671481
PMCPMC9855471
OpenAlexW4313584116

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