Laser Capture Microdissection: Methods and Protocols

1. Laser Capture Microdissection: Methods and Applications

Kristen DeCarlo, Andrew Emley, Ophelia E. Dadzie, and Meera Mahalingam

2. Laser Microdissection for Gene Expression Profiling

Lori A. Field, Brenda Deyarmin, Craig D. Shriver, Darrell L. Ellsworth, and Rachel E. Ellsworth

3. Gene Expression Using the PALM System

Jian-Xin Lu and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

4. Immuno-Guided Microdissection Techniques

Michael A. Tangrea, Jeffrey C. Hanson, Robert F. Bonner, Thomas J. Pohida, Jaime Rodriguez-Canales, and Michael R. Emmert-Buck

5. Optimized RNA Extraction from Non-Deparaffinized, Laser-Microdissected Material

Danny Jonigk, Friedrich Modde, Clemens Bockmeyer, Jan Becker, and Ulrich Lehmann

6. Laser Capture Microdissection for Analysis of Gene Expression in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue

Ru Jiang, Rona S. Scott, and Lindsey M. Hutt-Fletcher

7. MicroRNA Profiling Using RNA from Microdissected Immunostained Tissue

Clemens L. Bockmeyer, Danny Jonigk, Hans Kreipe, and Ulrich Lehmann

8. Profiling Solid Tumor Heterogeneity by LCM and Biological MS of Fresh Frozen Tissue Sections

Donald J. Johann, Jr., Sumana Mukherjee, DaRue A. Prieto, Timothy D. Veenstra, and Josip Blonder

9. Amplification Testing in Breast Cancer by Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification of Microdissected Tissue

Cathy B. Moelans, Roel A. de Weger, and Paul J. van Diest

10. Detection and Quantification of MicroRNAs in Laser Microdissected Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Breast Cancer Tissues

Sarkawt M. Khoshnaw, Des G. Powe, Ian O. Ellis, and Andrew R. Green

11. Laser Capture Microdissection Applications in Breast Cancer Proteomics

René B.H. Braakman, Theo M. Luider, John W.M. Martens, John A. Foekens, and Arzu Umar

12. Proteomic Analysis of Laser Microdissected Ovarian Cancer Tissue with SELDI-TOF MS

Isabelle Cadron, Toon Van Gorp, Philippe Moerman, Etienne Waelkens, and Ignace Vergote

13. LCM Assisted Biomarker Discovery from Archival Neoplastic Gastrointestinal Tissues

Patricia A. Meitner and Murray B. Resnick

14. Purification of Diseased Cells from Barrett's Esophagus and Related Lesions by Laser Capture Microdissection

Masood A. Shammas and Manjula Y. Rao

15. Laser Microdissection of Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Downstream Analysis

Benjamin Funke

16. Application of Laser Microdissection and Quantitative PCR to Assess the Response of Oesophageal Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemo-Radiotherapy

Claus Hann von Weyhern and Björn L.D.M. Brücher

17. Oligonucleotide Microarray Expression Profiling of Contrasting Invasive Phenotypes in Colorectal Cancer

Christopher C. Thorn, Deborah Williams, and Thomas C. Freeman

18. Evaluation of Gastrointestinal mtDNA Depletion in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE)

Carla Giordano and Giulia d'Amati

19. Laser Microdissection for Gene Expression Study of Hepatocellular Carcinomas Arising in Cirrhotic and Non-Cirrhotic Livers

Maria Tretiakova and John Hart

20. Laser Capture Microdissection of Pancreatic Ductal Adeno-Carcinoma Cells to Analyze EzH2 by Western Blot Analysis

Aamer M. Qazi, Sita Aggarwal, Donald W. Weaver, and Ramesh B. Batchu

21. Laser-Capture Microdissection of Renal Tubule Cells and Linear Amplification of RNA for Microarray Profiling and Real-Time PCR

Susie-Jane Noppert, Susanne Eder, and Michael Rudnicki

22. Subcellular Renal Proximal Tubular Mitochondrial Toxicity with Tenofovir Treatment

James J. Kohler and Seyed H. Hosseini

23. Application of Laser Capture Microdissection to Study Renal Carcinogenesis

Kerstin Stemmer and Daniel R. Dietrich

24. Laser Capture Microdissection and Transcriptional Profiling in Archival FFPE Tissue in Prostate Cancer

Ajay Joseph and Vincent J. Gnanapragasam

25. Quantitative Analysis of the Enzymes Associated with 5-Fluorouracil Metabolism in Prostate Cancer Biopsies

Tomoaki Tanaka

26. Microdissection of Gonadal Tissues for Gene Expression Analyses

Anne Jørgensen, Marlene Danner Dalgaard, and Si Brask Sonne

27. Duplex Real Time PCR Assay for Quantifying Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Laser Microdissected Single Spiral Ganglion Cells

Adam Markaryan, Erik G. Nelson, and Raul Hinojosa

28. Neuronal Type-Specific Gene Expression Profiling and Laser-Capture Microdissection

Charmaine Y. Pietersen, Maribel P. Lim, Laurel Macey, Tsung-Ung W. Woo, and Kai C. Sonntag

29. Region-Specific In Situ Hybridization-Guided Laser Capture Microdissection on Postmortem Human Brain Tissue Coupled with Gene Expression Quantification

René Bernard, Sharon Burke, and Ilan A. Kerman

30. UV-Laser Microdissection and mRNA Expression Analysis of Individual Neurons from Post Mortem Parkinson's Disease Brains

Jan Gründemann, Falk Schlaudraff, and Birgit Liss

31. Transcriptome Profiling of Murine Spinal Neurulation Using Laser Capture Microdissection and High-Density Oligonucleotide Microarrays

Shoufeng Cao, Boon-Huat Bay, and George W. Yip

32. Probing the CNS Microvascular Endothelium by Immune-Guided Laser Capture Microdissection Coupled to Quantitative RT-PCR

Nivetha Murugesan, Jennifer Macdonald, Shujun Ge, and Joel S. Pachter

33. Laser Capture Microdissection for Factor VIII-Expressing Endothelial Cells in Cancer Tissues

Tomoatsu Kaneko, Takashi Okiji, Reika Kaneko, Hideaki Suda, and Jacques E. Nör

34. Laser Capture Microdissection and Analysis of Liver Endothelial Cells from Patients with Budd Chiari Syndrome

Selcuk Sozer and Ronald Hoffman

35. Laser Capture Microdissection of Hyperlipidemic/ApoE^-/- Mouse Aorta Atherosclerosis

Michael Beer, Sandra Doepping, Markus Hildner, Gabriele Weber, Rolf Grabner, Desheng Hu, Sarajo Kumar Mohanta, Prasad Srikakulapu, Falk Weih, and Andreas J.R. Habenicht

36. Gene Expression Profiling in Laser Microdissected Bone Marrow Megakaryocytes

Kais Hussein

37. Specific RNA Collection from the Rat Endolymphatic Sac by Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM): LCM of Very Small Organ Surrounded by Bony Tissue

Kosuke Akiyama, Takenori Miyashita, Ai Matsubara, and Nozomu Mori

38. The Use of Laser Capture Microdissection on Adult Human Articular Cartilage for Gene Expression Analysis

Naoshi Fukui, Yasuko Ikeda, and Nobuho Tanaka

39. Laser Capture Microdissection of Developing Barley Seeds and cDNA Array Analysis of Selected Tissues

Johannes Thiel, Diana Weier, and Winfriede Weschke

40. Quantitative RT-PCR Gene Expression Analysis of a Laser Microdissected Placenta: An Approach to Study Preeclampsia

Yuditiya Purwosunu, Akihiko Sekizawa, Takashi Okai, and Tetsuhiko Tachikawa