| BF | Bouin’s solution fixed |
| BFPE | Bouin’s solution fixed and paraffin-embedded |
| c-NMP | Cyclic-NMP |
| Ct | Threshold cycle |
| FF | Formalin-fixed |
| FFPE | Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded |
| Hm-NMP | Hydroxymethyl- nucleotide monophosphate |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| NMP | Nucleotide monophosphate |
| Mt-CO1 | Mitochondrially encoded cytochrome C oxidase I |
| RIN | RNA integrity number |
| RF | RCL2® fixed |
| RFPE | RCL2® fixed and paraffin-embedded |
| Rt-PCR | Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |