UKCRC Tissue Directory
A service from the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre

Material Type

• cDNA/mRNA (3)
• Cell lines (4)
• DNA (20)
• Faeces (1)
• microRNA (2)
• Peripheral blood cells (8)
• Plasma (27)
• PM tissue (3)
• RNA (5)
• Saliva (9)
• Serum (26)
• Tissue (33)
• Urine (12)
• Whole blood (25)

Macroscopic Assessment

• Affected (23)
• Non-affected (15)
• Not applicable (41)

Preservation Type

• Room temperature (10)
• 2 °C to 10 °C (3)
• -18 °C to -35 °C (6)
• -60 °C to -85 °C (43)
• Under -85 °C (1)
• Liquid nitrogen (13)
• Paraffin (18)

Associated Data

• Biomarker datasets (27)
• Clinical records (38)
• Cold ischemic time (14)
• Followup records (33)
• Freezer temperature logs (28)
• Genealogical records (7)
• Genomic datasets (21)
• Imaging data (19)
• National registries (9)
• Pathology records (30)
• Physiological/biochemical measurements (22)
• Primary care records (7)
• Psychological data (2)
• Quality indicators (24)
• Survey data (8)
• Treatment records (25)
• Warm ischemic time (15)

Timeframe

• Immediate (22)
• 0 - 3 months (29)
• 3 - 6 months (15)
• > 6 months (16)

Donor Count

• 1 - 10 (19)
• 11 - 100 (30)
• 101 - 500 (30)
• 501 - 1000 (25)
• 1001 - 3000 (20)
• 3001 - 5000 (8)
• 5001 - 10000 (12)
• 10001 - 50000 (3)
• 50001 - 100000 (2)
• 100001 - 500000 (2)
• > 500000 (1)

Gender

• Male (44)
• Female (43)
• Data not recorded (13)

Age Range

• Fetus (1)
• Neonate (0 - 1 month) (5)
• Infant (1 month - 2 years) (8)
• Young child (2 - 6 years) (9)
• Child (6 - 12 years) (9)
• Adolescent (12 - 18 years) (9)
• Young adult (18 - 40 years) (22)
• Adult (> 40 years) (48)
• Data not recorded (6)

Biobank Services

• Ability to recontact (15)
• Access to the full pathology archive (13)
• Cell culture (12)
• Data analytics (13)
• Digital imaging (11)
• Immunohistochemistry - scoring (10)
• Immunohistochemistry - staining (14)
• Nucleic acid extraction (23)
• Tissue micro array creation (17)

Collection Point

• During diagnosis (12)
• Multiple points in patient pathway (28)
• Post-diagnosis (21)
• Pre-diagnosis (10)

Collection Type

• Birth cohort (2)
• Case-control (2)
• Clinical Trial (7)
• Cohort (8)
• Cross-sectional (6)
• Disease specific (35)
• Longitudinal (1)
• Population-based (5)

Consent Restriction

• Commercial restriction (4)
• DNA restriction (4)
• No restrictions (42)
• Other animal work (11)
• Outside EU access (5)
• Xenograft (10)

Collection Status

• Completed (18)
• In progress (44)

Access Condition

• Open to applicants (35)
• Open in response to specific calls (1)
• Open only through collaboration (18)
• Data access only (1)
• Access restricted at present (7)
• Closed to access (2)