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LifeSpan's Tissue Microarrays
The following tissue microarrays are available from LifeSpan BioSciences for use in contract research services only. Contact LifeSpan to discuss a contract research study plan or complete an online study request.
[Normal Human]   [Human Cancer]   [Human Metabolic Disease]   [Non-Human]  


Normal Human Arrays
LifeSpan's Normal Tissue Screen arrays are intended to provide researchers with an understanding of their target protein's expression profile across majors organs of the normal human body. Due to the complexity of most normal tissues, 3.5 mm elements are used to allow analysis of all cell types present.
Catalog ID Elements Product Name Description
LS-SNL1 11 X 3.5 mm Normal Screen Single specimens of 11 normal human tissue types
(brain cortex, heart, kidney cortex, kidney medulla, liver, lung, pancreas, skin, skeletal muscle, small intestine, spleen)
LS-SNL2A 16 X 3.5 mm Normal Screen 2A Duplicate specimens of eight normal human tissue types
(adrenal, bladder, brain cortex, breast, colon, heart, kidney cortex, kidney medulla)
LS-SNL2B 16 X 3.5 mm Normal Screen 2B Duplicate specimens of eight normal human tissue types
(liver, lung, ovary, pancreas, placenta, prostate, skeletal muscle, skin)
LS-SNL2C 16 X 3.5 mm Normal Screen 2C Duplicate specimens of eight normal human tissue types
(small intestine, spleen, stomach, testis, thymus-pediatric, thyroid, tonsil, uterus)
LS-SNL3 14 X 3.5 mm Normal Screen 3 Duplicate specimens of seven normal human tissue types
Human Cancer Arrays
LifeSpan offers a wide collection of human cancer arrays, from general screening arrays that contain small numbers of many cancer types, to high density cancer specific arrays ideal for prevalence studies. Due to the homogenous nature of most cancers, element sizes range form 1.5 mm to 0.6 mm.
Catalog ID Elements Product Name Description Staging and Grading
LS-SGLCA1 15 X 1.5 mm Astrocytoma Screen 1 15 specimens of astrocytoma Graded
LS-SBLCA1 40 X 1.5 mm Bladder Cancer Screen 1 40 specimens of transitional cell carcinoma Graded
LS-SBRCA1 50 X 2.0 mm Breast Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of breast infiltrating carcinoma Staged and Graded
LS-SCECA1 40 X 1.5 mm Cervical Cancer Screen 1 18 specimens of cervical cancer and 22 of cervicitis Graded
LS-SCOCA1 50 X 2.0 mm Colon Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of colon cancer Staged and Graded
LS-SCOCA2 24 X 1.5 mm Colon Cancer Screen 2 10 specimens of colon adenocarcinoma and adjacent non-cancer Graded
LS-SENCA1 50 X 1.5 mm Endometrial Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of endometrial adenocarcinoma Graded
LS-SESCA1 25 X 1.5 mm Esophageal Cancer Screen 1 25 specimens of esophageal adenocarcinoma Graded
LS-SESCA2 50 X 1.5 mm Esophageal Cancer Screen 2 20 specimens of normal and 30 esophageal adenocarcinoma Graded
LS-SCA1 24 X 2.0 mm General Cancer Screen 1 3 specimens of 8 different cancer types
(designed to correspond to LS-SNL3 - breast infiltrating, colon, lung NSC, lung SC, ovary, pancreas, prostate, melanoma)
None
LS-SCA2A/B 60 X 2.0 mm General Cancer Screen 2 10 specimens of 6 different cancer types
(breast infiltrating, colon, lung NSC, ovarian, prostate, pancreas)
None
LS-SHDCA1 20 X 1.5 mm Head and Neck Cancer Screen 1 20 specimens of head and neck cancers
(cheek, gum, jaw, larynx, nose, and tongue)
Graded
LS-SKICA1 20 X 2.0 mm Kidney Cancer Screen 1 20 specimens of renal cell carcinoma Graded
LS-SKICA2 50 X 1.5 mm Kidney Cancer Screen 2 50 specimens of renal cell carcinoma None
LS-SLVCA1 50 X 1.5 mm Liver Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of hepatocellular carcinoma Graded
LS-SLUCA1 50 X 2.0 mm Lung Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of lung non-small cell carcinoma Staged and Graded
LS-SLUCA2 50 X 1.5 mm Lung Cancer Screen 2 50 specimens of lung squamous cell carcinoma Graded
LS-SLUCA3 50 X 1.5 mm Lung Cancer Screen 3 50 specimens of lung carcinoma
(small cell, squamous cell, large cell, papillary, adenocarcinoma)
Partially Graded (75%)
LS-SLUCA4 15 X 1.5 mm Lung Cancer Screen 4 5 specimens each of normal lung, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma Graded
LS-SLYCA1 45 X 1.5 mm Lymphoma Screen 1 45 specimens of lymphoma
(diffuse large cell and B-large cleaved and non-cleaved cell, Hodgkin's, nodular B-large cleaved cell, T cell)
None
LS-SMNCA1 25 X 1.5 mm Melanoma Screen 1 25 specimens of melanoma None
LS-SOSCA1 25 X 1.5 mm Osteosarcoma Screen 1 25 specimens of osteosarcoma None
LS-SOVCA1 25 X 2.0 mm Ovarian Cancer Screen 1 25 specimens of ovarian cancer Partially Graded (30%)
LS-SOVCA2 50 X 1.5 mm Ovarian Cancer Screen 2 50 specimens of ovarian cancer Partially Graded (90%)
LS-SPACA1 15 X 1.5 mm Pancreatic Cancer Screen 1 15 specimens of pancreatic cancer Partially Graded (90%)
LS-SPRCA1 35 X 2.0 mm Prostate Cancer Screen 1 35 specimens of prostate cancer Staged and Graded
LS-SPRCA2 25 X 1.5 mm Prostate Cancer Screen 2 25 specimens of prostate cancer Graded
LS-SSTCA1 50 X 1.5 mm Stomach Cancer Screen 1 50 specimens of stomach cancer Graded
LS-SSTCA2 32 X 1.5 mm Stomach Cancer Screen 2 16 specimens of stomach cancer and adjacent non-cancer Graded
LS-STSCA1 15 X 1.5 mm Testicular Cancer Screen 1 15 specimens of testicular cancer
(seminoma and lymphoma)
Staged and Graded
Human Metabolic Disease Arrays
Non-cancer diseases tend to be diffuse and therefore are not amenable to TMA applications. However, Diabetes, as one example, has relatively few diffuse histological features and impacts a larger number of tissue types than most diseases. LifeSpan's diabetic screen uses large 3.5 mm elements for each tissue type so that all cell types are represented.
Catalog ID Elements Product Name Description Staging and Grading
LS-ST2DB1 20 X 2.0 mm 3.5 mm Type II Diabetic Screen 1 10 normal and Type II diabetic tissue types (2 specimens each) (Adipose:visceral, Adipose:subcutaneous, Colon, Heart:myocardium, Kidney: medulla, Kidney:cortex, Liver, Lung, Skeletal Muscle, Pancreas) None
Non-Human Arrays
LifeSpan's Animal Model Tissue MicroArrays are a valuable research tool for studying the expression and localization profiles of therapeutic or diagnostic targets in animal strains commonly used for disease modeling and toxicological screening. Each array includes 2 specimens from 2 different individuals for up to 20 tissue types. Each formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded element is large, 3.5 mm, ensuring that all relevant cell types are present for analysis.
Catalog ID Elements Product Name Description
LS-SRTW1 36 X 3.5 mm Rat Whole Body Screen
Sprague-Dawley (Rattus norvegicus)
Duplicate specimens of 18 normal rat tissue types1
LS-SMSW1 36 X 3.5 mm Mouse Whole Body Screen
Swiss Webster (Mus musculus)
Duplicate specimens of 18 normal mouse tissue types1
LS-SDGW1 18 X 3.5 mm Dog Whole Body Screen
Beagle (Canis lupus)
Single specimens of 18 normal dog tissue types1
LS-SMKW1 42 X 3.5 mm Monkey Whole Body Screen
Cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis)
Duplicate specimens of 21 normal monkey tissue types2

1 Rat, Mouse, Dog Array Tissues: brain cerebellum, brain cerebrum, colon, heart, small intestine, kidney, liver, lung, skeletal muscle, pancreas, skin, spleen, stomach, testis, thymus, thyroid, uterus, urinary bladder.

2 Monkey Array Tissues: brain cerebellum, brain cerebrum, colon, heart, small intestine, kidney cortex, kidney medulla, liver, lung, lymph node, skeletal muscle, ovary, pancreas, skin, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testis, thyroid, uterus, urinary bladder.

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