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ArticleVeterinary sciences2023

Quality Assurance and Cost Reduction in Histopathology Laboratories Using Tissue Microarrays.

Daniela Gologan, Alina Elena Ștefan, Manuella Militaru, Andreea Cristina Sanda, Suzana Arjan, Sorin Mușat, Matthew Okerlund Leavitt, Raluca Stan

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniela GologanDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Doctoral School, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, Politehnica University, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0861-6857
Alina Elena ȘtefanDepartment of Research and Development, Themis Pathology SRL, 077190 Bucharest, Romania.
Manuella MilitaruDepartment of Pathology, Doctoral School, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.
Andreea Cristina SandaDepartment of Research and Development, Themis Pathology SRL, 077190 Bucharest, Romania.
Suzana ArjanDepartment of Research and Development, Themis Pathology SRL, 077190 Bucharest, Romania.
Sorin MușatDepartment of Research and Development, Themis Pathology SRL, 077190 Bucharest, Romania.
Matthew Okerlund LeavittDepartment of Research and Development, LUMEA Inc., Lehi, UT 84043, USA.
Raluca StanDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Doctoral School, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, Politehnica University, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Luminex (United States) · USUniversitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · ROUniversity of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the context of cost increases of both labor and consumables, cheaper and faster histopathology methods are needed. We implemented in our research laboratory the use of tissue microarrays (TMA) for the parallel processing and analysis of tissue samples. In this study, we used seven pre-processed, paraffinated biomimetic sectionable support matrices serving as "recipient" paraffin blocks to embed a total of 196 tissue cores from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples (serving as "donor" paraffin blocks) from seven different rabbit organs. These tissue samples were obtained using four different processing protocols: two 6 h protocols with xylene as the transition solvent, and two using butanol instead (one 10 h in duration and the other 72 h long). While the samples from protocols 1 and 2 (with xylene) quite regularly generated peeling of some of the cores from the slides (most likely because of substandard paraffin infiltration), butanol processing performed flawlessly for both processing protocols. Our proposed technique of using TMAs in the research laboratory brings with it a significant reduction in time and consumable costs (up to 77 and 64%, respectively), but also new challenges for all the upstream processes.

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cost-reductionmultiplexingquality assurancetissue microarraytissue processing protocol

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PMID37104435
PMCPMC10147037
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