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Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion
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Neuroscience
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JoVE Journal Neuroscience
Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion
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09:09 min

April 12, 2020

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Chapters

  • 00:05Introduction
  • 01:17Animal Perfusion and Brain Preservation
  • 02:01Glioma Brain Tumors Tissue Cryopreservation
  • 02:52Frozen Brain Tumor Tissue Sectioning
  • 03:58Cryopreserved Brain Tissue Section Fixation and Staining
  • 04:48Laser Capture Microdissection
  • 06:30Results: Representative RNA Quality Control and Library Preparation
  • 07:55Conclusion

Summary

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Laser microdissection (LMD) is a sensitive and highly reproducible technique that can be used to uncover pathways that mediate glioma heterogeneity and invasion. Here, we describe an optimized protocol to isolate discrete areas from glioma tissue using laser LMD followed by transcriptomic analysis.

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