Residual tissue repositories as a resource for population-based cancer proteomic studies.
Paul D PiehowskiVladislav A PetyukRyan L SontagMarina A GritsenkoKarl K WeitzThomas L FillmoreJamie MoonHala MakhloufRodrigo F ChuaquiEmily S BojaHenry RodriguezJerry S H LeeRichard D SmithDanielle M CarrickTao LiuKarin D RodlandPublished in: Clinical proteomics (2018)
These studies demonstrate that residual FFPE tissue specimens, of varying age and collection site, are a promising source of protein for proteomic investigations if paired with rigorously verified mass spectrometry workflows.