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Implementation of a proficiency testing for the assessment of the preanalytical phase of blood RNA.
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PMID:  22285774     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: Although important improvements of downstream molecular in vitro diagnostics assays based on RNA from blood were made, the pre-analytical workflow is still poorly defined. METHODS: We performed a multicenter study within the EU-granted SPIDIA project to investigate blood collection and shipping influence on the following RNA quality parameters: yield, purity, integrity, RT-qPCR interference and IL1B, IL8, c-Fos and GAPDH gene expression. Two models were designed: Exp A. Ten laboratories collected blood from an own donor into two different tubes (with or without stabilizer) and extracted RNA at two different times; Exp B. Blood was drawn from a single donor and shipped to ten laboratories in two different tubes (with or without stabilizer) for RNA extraction. RESULTS: In both models and collection tubes, reliable results were obtained for purity, yield, GAPDH expression, and interferences. A substantial variation in RIN (Exp A) and in transcription levels of IL1β, IL8 and c-Fos (Exp B) was observed for blood collected in unstabilized tubes. Overall the variability was higher among data obtained from unstabilized blood samples. CONCLUSIONS: We defined the experimental setup for a larger ring trial throughout Europe. The chosen downstream analyses verified their potential, serving as adequate markers to test quality of blood RNA.
Authors:
Kalle Günther; Francesca Malentacchi; Paolo Verderio; Sara Pizzamiglio; Chiara Maura Ciniselli; Ales Tichopad; Mikael Kubista; Ralf Wyrich; Mario Pazzagli; Stefania Gelmini
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1873-3492     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-30     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1302422     Medline TA:  Clin Chim Acta     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Affiliation:
QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany; The SPIDIA Consortium, Germany.
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