Types of samples available
The characterization and understanding of chronic inflammatory diseases requires the analysis of samples coming from the tissue of interest, and from the sample which represents the immunity system. The Equine Respiratory Tissue Biobank facilitates the obtainment of different types of "samples" for the study of heaves and IAD, two diseases characterized by chronic inflammation of the lungs. The table below resumes the types of "samples - combination" available from the Equine Respiratory Tissue Biobank.
| Types | Sub-types |
|---|---|
| Blood samples | Plasma, serum, whole blood |
| Blood cell pellets | |
| RNA and protein extracts from blood cells | |
| Slides of blood cells | |
| Respiratory Endoscopies | Bronchoalveolar and tracheal lavage supernatants |
| Endobronchial biopsies | |
| Bronchoalveolar and tracheal lavage pellets | |
| RNA and protein extracts from bronchoalveolar and tracheal lavage cells as well as from endobronchial and transbronchial biopsies | |
| Slides of bronchoalveolar and tracheal lavage cells | |
| Surgeries | Pulmonary parenchyma obtained from thoracoscopies |
| RNA and protein extracts from pulmonary parenchyma | |
| Necropsies | Pulmonary parenchyma, bronchi |
| RNA and protein extracts from pulmonary parenchyma | |
| Cellular culture pellets |
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