Paraffin Embedding

"Paraffin Embedding" 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 infiltrating of tissue specimens with paraffin, as a supporting substance, to prepare for sectioning with a microtome.

Descriptor ID	D016612
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.500.620.720.610 E01.370.225.750.600.720.610 E05.200.500.620.720.610 E05.200.750.600.720.610
Concept/Terms	Paraffin Embedding Paraffin Embedding Embedding, Paraffin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Paraffin Embedding".

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 Embedding [E01.370.225.500.620.720]
Paraffin Embedding [E01.370.225.500.620.720.610]
Histological Techniques [E01.370.225.750]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.750.600]
Tissue Embedding [E01.370.225.750.600.720]
Paraffin Embedding [E01.370.225.750.600.720.610]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Cytological Techniques [E05.200.500]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.500.620]
Tissue Embedding [E05.200.500.620.720]
Paraffin Embedding [E05.200.500.620.720.610]
Histological Techniques [E05.200.750]
Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.750.600]
Tissue Embedding [E05.200.750.600.720]
Paraffin Embedding [E05.200.750.600.720.610]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2020	0	2	2
2021	0	1	1

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Yuan Y, Van Dyke AL, Petkov VI, Hussey S, Moravec R, Altekruse SF, Sandoval M, Cress RD, Mueller LM, Mogi A, Hernandez BY, Selk FR, Lynch CF, Tucker TC, Lynch MA, Lefante C, Wu XC, Sweeney C, Doherty JA, Penberthy LS. Pathology Laboratory Policies and Procedures for Releasing Diagnostic Tissue for Cancer Research. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 02 01; 145(2):222-226.

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Kelley AR, Colley M, Dyer S, Bach SBH, Zhu X, Perry G. Ethanol-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Imaging: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Research. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2020 Dec 02; 31(12):2416-2420.

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Colley M, Liang S, Tan C, Trobough KP, Bach SBH, Chun YP. Mapping and Identification of Native Proteins of Developing Teeth in Mouse Mandibles. Anal Chem. 2020 06 02; 92(11):7630-7637.

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Shiga T, Uchida K, Chambers JK, Nakayama H. Immunohistochemical analysis of canine and feline muscle disorders using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2017 Nov; 29(6):805-813.

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Isidro RA, Isidro AA, Cruz ML, Hernandez S, Appleyard CB. Double immunofluorescent staining of rat macrophages in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using two monoclonal mouse antibodies. Histochem Cell Biol. 2015 Dec; 144(6):613-21.

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Carrick DM, Mehaffey MG, Sachs MC, Altekruse S, Camalier C, Chuaqui R, Cozen W, Das B, Hernandez BY, Lih CJ, Lynch CF, Makhlouf H, McGregor P, McShane LM, Phillips Rohan J, Walsh WD, Williams PM, Gillanders EM, Mechanic LE, Schully SD. Robustness of Next Generation Sequencing on Older Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0127353.

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Li Q, Li M, Ma L, Li W, Wu X, Richards J, Fu G, Xu W, Bythwood T, Li X, Wang J, Song Q. A method to evaluate genome-wide methylation in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded ovarian epithelial cells. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104481.

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Matsuno RK, Sherman ME, Visvanathan K, Goodman MT, Hernandez BY, Lynch CF, Ioffe OB, Horio D, Platz C, Altekruse SF, Pfeiffer RM, Anderson WF. Agreement for tumor grade of ovarian carcinoma: analysis of archival tissues from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results residual tissue repository. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Apr; 24(4):749-57.

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Moh CF, Siedlak SL, Tabaton M, Perry G, Castellani RJ, Smith MA. Paraffin-embedded tissue (PET) blot method: application to Alzheimer disease. J Neurosci Methods. 2010 Jul 15; 190(2):244-7.

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Sariol CA, Pelegrino JL, Martinez A, Arteaga E, Kouri G, Guzman MG. Detection and genetic relationship of dengue virus sequences in seventeen-year-old paraffin-embedded samples from Cuba. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Dec; 61(6):994-1000.

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