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Study factors collected with control animal microarray data |
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| Category |
Study Factor Query |
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| Study |
Organism name |
| Animal strain |
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| Sex |
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| Study number |
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| Institution |
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| Subject characteristics |
Individual animal identifier |
| Animal supplier |
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| Animal age at sacrifice |
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| Total body weight at sacrifice |
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| Time of day at sacrifice (AM or PM) |
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| Husbandry |
Diet name and source |
| Diet availability |
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| Number of animal in a cage |
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| Number of hours of light per day |
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| Was food withheld prior to sacrifice? |
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| Fasted > 12 hr? |
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| Blood collection during in life study? |
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| If yes, time of collection relative to sacrifice |
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| Specimen |
Organ Sampled |
| Organ section sampled |
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| Organ preservation method |
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| Organ weight at sacrifice |
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| Euthanasia |
Sacrifice method |
| Exsanguinated? |
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| Anesthetic used |
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| Treatment |
Vehicle |
| Route of vehicle administration |
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| Frequency of dosing |
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| Duration of dosing |
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| Dose volume |
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| Time between dosing and sacrifice |
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| Microarray experiment |
RNA extraction protocol |
| Quality parameters for RNA |
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| Sample preparation protocol |
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| Rounds of amplification |
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| Amount of RNA on array |
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| Array type used |
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| Scanner model |
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Boedigheimer et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:285 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-285 |
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