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SUBMITTER: Mathieson W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637094 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mathieson William W Betsou Fay F Myshunina Tamara T Pushkarev Viktor V Pushkarev Vladimir V Shinkarkina Anna A Voskoboynyk Laryssa L Thomas Gerry A GA
Journal of clinical pathology 20160527 12
<h4>Aims</h4>To establish whether RNA degrades in long-term storage at -80°C and whether RNA integrity numbers (RINs) determine 'fitness for purpose' in severely degraded RNA.<h4>Methods</h4>RNA was extracted from 549 thyroid biospecimens stored at -80°C for 0.1-10.9 years then their RINs correlated with storage time. RT-PCR for 65, 265, 534 and 942 base pair amplicons of hydroxymethylbilane synthase was used to measure amplicon length in RNA from cryopreserved and FFPE biospecimens that were eq ...[more]