Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Repository at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Sponsoring organization
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
http://hospital.uillinois.edu/
Repository website
Primary contact
Depts. of Neurology and Microbiology-Immunology
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
835 S. Wolcott (E-704 MSB)
Chicago, IL 60612-7344
Tel 1-312-996-5763
Fax 1-312-355-3581
Sample types available
Cerebrospinal fluid (pre- and postmortem)
Serum
Plasma
Brain tissue
Spinal cord
Sample-processing information
Fluids:
Pre- and postmortem cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and plasma are stored at –80°C.
Brain tissue:
4°C fresh: sliced into 8-mm coronal slabs, labeled, imaged, bagged airtight, quick-frozen at –150°C, and stored at –80°C.
Slow frozen: thawed to –4°C overnight, sliced, labeled, imaged, bagged airtight, quick-frozen at –150°C, and stored at –80°C.
Formalin fixed: sliced, labeled, imaged, bagged, and stored in 10% buffered formalin.
Data available for each sample
Clinical history (some case-by-case variation depending on the source) and lab-processing data.
Quantity of available samples
Not specified.
Who can request samples
Not specified.
Cost
Not specified.
How to request samples
Not specified.
Requirements associated with sample use
Not specified.
Ongoing sample collection?
Yes.
Sample publications
No publications pertaining to MS or related disorders listed as of May 4, 2012.