2014
A tissue quality index: an intrinsic control for measurement of effects of preanalytical variables on FFPE tissue
Neumeister VM, Parisi F, England AM, Siddiqui S, Anagnostou V, Zarrella E, Vassilakopolou M, Bai Y, Saylor S, Sapino A, Kluger Y, Hicks DG, Bussolati G, Kwei S, Rimm DL. A tissue quality index: an intrinsic control for measurement of effects of preanalytical variables on FFPE tissue. Laboratory Investigation 2014, 94: 467-474. PMID: 24535259, PMCID: PMC4030875, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2014.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCold ischemic timeIschemic timeQuantitative immunofluorescenceLevel of expressionTissue qualityER expression levelsBreast cancer casesExpression levelsFormalin fixationInformative epitopesValidation cohortCancer casesBreast cohortProtein statusGlobal assessmentPatient samplesTissue cohortPreanalytical variablesEpitope expressionCohortIntrinsic controlMeasurement of effectsQuality IndexFFPE tissuesEpitopes
2011
Optimal tumor sampling for immunostaining of biomarkers in breast carcinoma
Tolles J, Bai Y, Baquero M, Harris LN, Rimm DL, Molinaro AM. Optimal tumor sampling for immunostaining of biomarkers in breast carcinoma. Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13: r51. PMID: 21592345, PMCID: PMC3218938, DOI: 10.1186/bcr2882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole tissue sectionsBreast carcinomaEstrogen receptorBiomarker expressionTumor biomarker expressionAmount of tumorTissue sectionsEvidence-based standardsHeterogeneous markersTherapeutic responseHER-2Optimal tumorBreast biopsyBreast tumorsClinical implicationsMAP-tauQuantitative immunofluorescenceClinical useLevel of expressionCarcinomaImmunostaining assaysBiomarkersTumorsTissue samplesBiomarker heterogeneity
2003
JAKs and STATs as Biomarkers of Disease
Dolled-Filhart M, Rimm D. JAKs and STATs as Biomarkers of Disease. 2003, 697-720. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3000-6_44.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical practice todayPathways of tumorigenesisPrecise disease classificationPrognosticate outcomesClinical trialsDisease progressionDisease outcomeLarge cohortTumor specimensBiomarkers of diseaseSmall studyNew biomarkersPredictive valueBiomarker expressionHuman malignanciesPatient samplesLevel of expressionTherapeutic agentsTumor biomarkersTherapyProtein expressionBiomarkersPatientsOutcomesDisease
1998
The expression of p120ctn protein in breast cancer is independent of alpha- and beta-catenin and E-cadherin.
Dillon DA, D'Aquila T, Reynolds AB, Fearon ER, Rimm DL. The expression of p120ctn protein in breast cancer is independent of alpha- and beta-catenin and E-cadherin. American Journal Of Pathology 1998, 152: 75-82. PMID: 9422525, PMCID: PMC1858125.Peer-Reviewed Original Research