Tissue Fixation

"Tissue Fixation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The technique of using FIXATIVES in the preparation of cytologic, histologic, or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all the constituent elements.

Descriptor ID	D016707
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.500.620.760.720 E01.370.225.750.600.760.720 E05.200.500.620.760.720 E05.200.750.600.760.720
Concept/Terms	Tissue Fixation Tissue Fixation Fixation, Tissue

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tissue Fixation".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
Cytological Techniques [E01.370.225.500]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.500.620]
Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.500.620.760]
Tissue Fixation [E01.370.225.500.620.760.720]
Histological Techniques [E01.370.225.750]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.750.600]
Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.750.600.760]
Tissue Fixation [E01.370.225.750.600.760.720]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Cytological Techniques [E05.200.500]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.500.620]
Tissue Preservation [E05.200.500.620.760]
Tissue Fixation [E05.200.500.620.760.720]
Histological Techniques [E05.200.750]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.750.600]
Tissue Preservation [E05.200.750.600.760]
Tissue Fixation [E05.200.750.600.760.720]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Tissue Fixation".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Tissue Fixation".

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Bar chart showing 31 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	1	1	2
1999	2	0	2
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	2	3
2009	0	2	2
2010	0	2	2
2012	2	3	5
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	2	2
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Tissue Fixation" by people in Profiles.

Gargano SM, Sebastiano C, Mardekian J, Solomides CC, HooKim K. Cytological interpretation of p16 immunohistochemistry in head and neck carcinomas: does the choice of fixative matter? J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2021 Mar-Apr; 10(2):216-224.

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Mueller C, Gambarotti M, Benini S, Picci P, Righi A, Stevanin M, Hombach-Klonisch S, Henderson D, Liotta L, Espina V. Unlocking bone for proteomic analysis and FISH. Lab Invest. 2019 05; 99(5):708-721.

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Tran H, Jan NJ, Hu D, Voorhees A, Schuman JS, Smith MA, Wollstein G, Sigal IA. Formalin Fixation and Cryosectioning Cause Only Minimal Changes in Shape or Size of Ocular Tissues. Sci Rep. 2017 09 21; 7(1):12065.

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Zhu J, Deane NG, Lewis KB, Padmanabhan C, Washington MK, Ciombor KK, Timmers C, Goldberg RM, Beauchamp RD, Chen X. Evaluation of frozen tissue-derived prognostic gene expression signatures in FFPE colorectal cancer samples. Sci Rep. 2016 09 14; 6:33273.

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Hertz DL, Kidwell KM, Thibert JN, Gersch C, Regan MM, Skaar TC, Henry NL, Hayes DF, Van Poznak CH, Rae JM. Genotyping concordance in DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) breast tumor and whole blood for pharmacogenetic analyses. Mol Oncol. 2015 Nov; 9(9):1868-76.

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Modla S, Caplan JL, Czymmek KJ, Lee JY. Localization of fluorescently tagged protein to plasmodesmata by correlative light and electron microscopy. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1217:121-33.

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Pape-Zambito D, Jiang Z, Wu H, Devarajan K, Slater CM, Cai KQ, Patchefsky A, Daly MB, Chen X. Identifying a highly-aggressive DCIS subgroup by studying intra-individual DCIS heterogeneity among invasive breast cancer patients. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e100488.

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Salas SJ, McFalls JM, Senders ZJ, Kenyon LC, Harrop JS. Intradural cervical nerve root traumatic neuroma without a history of direct trauma. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Sep; 115(9):1879-81.

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Holley T, Lenkiewicz E, Evers L, Tembe W, Ruiz C, Gsponer JR, Rentsch CA, Bubendorf L, Stapleton M, Amorese D, Legendre C, Cunliffe HE, McCullough AE, Pockaj B, Craig D, Carpten J, Von Hoff D, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Barrett MT. Deep clonal profiling of formalin fixed paraffin embedded clinical samples. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e50586.

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Murchison AP, Bilyk JR, Eagle RC, Savino PJ. Shrinkage revisited: how long is long enough? Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul-Aug; 28(4):261-3.

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