@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00075994,
 author = {Morioka, Takamitsu and Blyth, Benjamin and Imaoka, Tatsuhiko and Nishimura, Mayumi and Takeshita, Hiroshi and Shimomura, Takeo and Ohtake, Jun and Ishida, Atsuro and Schofield, Paul and Grosche, Bernd and Kulka, Ulrike and Shimada, Yoshiya and Yamada, Yutaka and Kakinuma, Shizuko and Takamitsu, Morioka and Blyth, Benjamin and Tatsuhiko, Imaoka and Mayumi, Nishimura and Hiroshi, Takeshita and Takeo, Shimomura and Jun, Ohtake and Atsuro, Ishida and Yoshiya, Shimada and Yutaka, Yamada and Shizuko, Kakinuma},
 issue = {10},
 journal = {International Journal of Radiation Biology},
 month = {Jun},
 note = {Purpose: Projects evaluating the effects of radiation, within the National Institutes of Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), have focused on risk analyses for life shortening and cancer prevalence using laboratory animals. Genetic and epigenetic alterations in radiation-induced tumors have been also analyzed, with the aim of better understanding mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis. As well as the economic and practical limitations of repeating such large-scale experiments, ethical considerations make it vital that we store and share the pathological data and samples of the animal experiments for future use. We are now constructing such an archive called the Japan-Storehouse of Animal Radiobiology Experiments (J-SHARE).
Methods: J-SHARE records include information such as detailed experimental protocols, necropsy records and photographs of organs at necropsy. For each animal organs and tumor tissues are dissected, and parts are stored as frozen samples at -80 ˚C. Samples fixed with formalin are also embedded in paraffin blocks for histopathological analyses. Digital copies of stained tissues are being systematically saved using a virtual slide system linked to original records by barcodes. Embedded and frozen tissues are available for molecular analysis.
Conclusion: Similar archive systems for radiation biology have been also under construction in the USA and Europe, the Northwestern University Radiation Archive (NURA), and STORE at the BfS, respectively. The J-SHARE will be linked with the sister-archives and made available for collaborative research to institutions and universities all over the world.},
 pages = {1372--1377},
 title = {Establishing the Japan-Store House of Animal Radiobiology Experiments (J-SHARE), a large-scale necropsy and histopathology archive providing international access to important radiobiology data},
 volume = {95},
 year = {2019}
}