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

Material Type

• cDNA/mRNA (3)
• Cell lines (4)
• DNA (21)
• Faeces (1)
• microRNA (2)
• Peripheral blood cells (11)
• Plasma (32)
• PM tissue (3)
• Primary cells (2)
• RNA (5)
• Saliva (9)
• Serum (29)
• Tissue (38)
• Urine (12)
• Whole blood (28)

Macroscopic Assessment

• Affected (25)
• Non-affected (18)
• Not applicable (46)

Preservation Type

• Room temperature (11)
• 2 °C to 10 °C (4)
• -18 °C to -35 °C (6)
• -60 °C to -85 °C (48)
• Under -85 °C (2)
• Liquid nitrogen (15)
• Paraffin (20)

Associated Data

• Biomarker datasets (29)
• Clinical records (42)
• Cold ischemic time (15)
• Followup records (36)
• Freezer temperature logs (32)
• Genealogical records (8)
• Genomic datasets (23)
• Imaging data (21)
• National registries (10)
• Pathology records (33)
• Physiological/biochemical measurements (25)
• Primary care records (8)
• Psychological data (4)
• Quality indicators (27)
• Survey data (9)
• Treatment records (28)
• Warm ischemic time (16)

Timeframe

• Immediate (25)
• 0 - 3 months (33)
• 3 - 6 months (16)
• > 6 months (16)

Donor Count

• 1 - 10 (22)
• 11 - 100 (36)
• 101 - 500 (32)
• 501 - 1000 (26)
• 1001 - 3000 (20)
• 3001 - 5000 (9)
• 5001 - 10000 (13)
• 10001 - 50000 (5)
• 50001 - 100000 (3)
• 100001 - 500000 (2)
• > 500000 (1)

Gender

• Male (49)
• Female (51)
• Data not recorded (14)

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) (26)
• Adult (> 40 years) (55)
• Data not recorded (6)

Biobank Services

• Ability to recontact (15)
• Access to the full pathology archive (14)
• Cell culture (13)
• Data analytics (14)
• Digital imaging (12)
• Immunohistochemistry - scoring (11)
• Immunohistochemistry - staining (15)
• Nucleic acid extraction (25)
• Tissue micro array creation (18)

Collection Point

• During diagnosis (15)
• Multiple points in patient pathway (34)
• Post-diagnosis (24)
• Pre-diagnosis (10)

Collection Type

• Birth cohort (2)
• Case-control (2)
• Clinical Trial (8)
• Cohort (9)
• Cross-sectional (6)
• Disease specific (40)
• Longitudinal (1)
• Population-based (6)

Consent Restriction

• Commercial restriction (4)
• DNA restriction (4)
• No restrictions (50)
• Other animal work (12)
• Outside EU access (5)
• Xenograft (11)

Collection Status

• Completed (19)
• In progress (52)

Access Condition

• Open to applicants (39)
• Open in response to specific calls (1)
• Open only through collaboration (18)
• Data access only (1)
• Access restricted at present (11)
• Closed to access (3)