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Real-time detection of BRAF V600E mutation from archival hairy cell leukemia FFPE tissue by nanopore sequencing
2018
The MinION is a miniaturized high-throughput next generation sequencing platform of novel conception. The use of nucleic acids derived from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples is highly desirable, but their adoption for molecular assays is hurdled by the high degree of fragmentation and by the chemical-induced mutations stemming from the fixation protocols. In order to investigate the suitability of MinION sequencing on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples, the presence and frequency of BRAF c.1799T > A mutation was investigated in two archival tissue specimens of Hairy cell leukemia and Hairy cell leukemia Variant. Despite the poor quality of the starting DNA, BRAF mutation was su…
Impacto de la variación en el número de copias y del estado de metilación de genes supresores de tumor en las vías de progresión del meningioma
2015
El meningioma es el tumor del sistema nervioso central más frecuente en la edad adulta, con una incidencia superior al 30% y una evidente predominancia femenina. La sintomatología deriva fundamentalmente de la localización del tumor, que crece desde las células de la cubierta aracnoidea. El tratamiento es principalmente quirúrgico, y su radicalidad se relaciona clásicamente con la aparición de recidivas tumorales, que es la principal complicación que sufren los afectados. Macroscópicamente, son tumores habitualmente bien delimitados y encapsulados, de crecimiento lento, y microscópicamente la OMS los clasifica en 16 subtipos histológicos. Son tumores positivos para vimentina y EMA, y en men…
Comparison of two PCR methods for detection of Leptospira interrogans in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues
2012
In this study we compared two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods using either 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) or 23S rRNA gene primers for the detection of different Leptospira interrogans serovars. The performance of these two methods was assessed using DNA extracted from bovine tissues previously inoculated with several bacterial suspensions. PCR was performed on the same tissues before and after the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedding procedure (FFPE tissues). The 23S rDNA PCR detected all fresh and FFPE positive tissues while the 16S rDNA-based protocol detected primarily the positive fresh tissues. Both methods are specific for pathogenic L. interrogans. The 23S-based PCR method successfu…