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PLOS ONE
Volume 16, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255168
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [CP15/00180, CPII20/00025, PI16/00722, PI19/00125]
- Fondo Social Europeo 2014-2020 [CP15/00180, CPII20/00025]
- Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional 2014-2020 [PI16/00722, PI19/00125]
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Researchers found substantial similarities in molecular diagnosis and gene expression profiles between fixed materials from cavitational ultrasonic surgical aspirators (CUSAs) and tumor core resections (TCRs), confirming the suitability of CUSA-derived biomaterials for downstream applications and biomarkers screening in glioma surgeries.
During surgical procedures for gliomas, tissue material obtained from cavitational ultrasonic surgical aspirators (CUSAs) is generally discarded but can actually exceed the amount and quality of certain tumour core resections (TCRs). Despite reports indicating the suitability of CUSA-derived material for diagnosis and research, its use is still marginal. We extended these conclusions to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, the most common format for archival tumour tissue in anatomical pathology departments, by conducting for the first time RNA-seq analysis in CUSA aspirates. We compared the molecular diagnosis of somatic mutations used in the clinical routine and the gene expression profiles of fixed solid material from CUSA aspirates and TCRs from the same patients in selected gliomas encompassing grades II to IV. Despite the characteristic heterogeneity of gliomas, we found substantial similarities between the corresponding aspirates and TCRs that included transcriptional signatures associated with glioma subtypes. Based on these results, we confirmed that CUSA-fixed biomaterials from glioma surgeries are appropriate for downstream applications and biomarkers screening.
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