Protocol to Prepare Demineralized FFPE Bone Tissue Samples with RNA Integrity
1Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry,University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 2Center for Craniofacial Regeneration,University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 3UPMC Presbyterian, 4UPMC Shadyside, 5Musculoskeletal Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,University of Pittsburgh, 6UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 7Departments of Anatomic Pathology and General Surgical Oncology,University of Pittsburgh, 8Department of Medicine,University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 9University of Pittsburgh UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 10McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine,University of Pittsburgh
Here, we describe a method that allows for the decalcification of freshly obtained bone tissues and the preservation of high-quality RNA. A method is also illustrated for sectioning Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) samples of non-demineralized bones to obtain good quality results if fresh tissues are not available or cannot be collected.
