Tissue Microarrays

For screening analysis of many tissues or disease indications simultaneously Asterand provides high quality tissue microarrays (TMAs) from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) and frozen tissues. Ready-made arrays are available for purchase, or you may choose samples of interest from XpressBANK^TM for a custom designed array. For information on how you can obtain a custom designed array, please contact your business development representative or email us at advantage@asterand.com.

For FFPE TMAs product information click here.

For Frozen TMAs product information click here.

FFPE TMAs available:

FFPE tissue microarrays are sold as an array or as sections (minimum purchase quantity of 3).

Top 4 multi-tumor
4 tumor types (breast, large intestine, lung, and prostate), 0.6 mm cores, 120 cases, triplicate sampling pattern, 360 cores total.
Array map, price

Multi-tumor
12 tumor types, (lung, ovary, skin, liver, stomach, head and neck, brain, kidney, bladder, pancreas gland, lymph nodes, breast), 1.0 mm cores diameter, duplicate cores per sample, up to 5 cases per tumor type. Array map, price

Normal
28 tissue types, (adrenal, artery, vein, breast, brain, endothelium (aorta), esophagus, fallopian tube, heart, kidney (glomerulus, tubule), large intestine, liver, lung, lymph node, muscle, ovary, pancreas, pituitary, prostate, skin, small intestine, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testis, ureter, bladder, uterus (cervix, endometrium), 0.6 mm diameter x 2.5 mm depth cores dimensions, 115 samples, triplicate sampling pattern, 345 cores total. Array map, price

To order please email us at advantage@asterand.com.

Frozen Tissue Cross-Reactivity (TCR) Arrays Available:

Frozen tissue cross reactivity arrays are sold as a set of 3 array sections. Each array contains 1.5 mm cores of 12 normal tissue types, from 3 donors, in duplicate. As a set, the tissues represent the 36 tissues required by the FDA and EMEA for assessment of therapeutic antibody candidates.

TCR 1
12 tissue types, (adrenal gland, bladder, bone marrow, brain: cerebellum, brain: cerebral cortex, breast, colon, eye: retina, fallopian tube, heart, ileum, kidney. Array map, price

TCR 2
12 tissue types (liver, lung: bronchus, lung: parenchyma, lymph node, ovary, pancreas, parathyroid, parotid, peripheral nerve, pituitary, placenta, prostate). Array map, price

TCR 3
12 tissue types (skeletal muscle, skin, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testis, thymus, thyroid, tonsil, ureter, uterus: cervix, uterus: endometrium). Array map, price

To order please email us at advantage@asterand.com.