# Patient Registry-Virtual Biorepository

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2021 · $111,320

## Abstract

Abstract – The Patient Registry-Virtual Biorepository Core will support collection of human esophageal 
specimens for use in the Center's translational research projects as well as for the centralized BETRNet 
program's virtual repository to be located at the BETRNet Coordinating Center. This Core will provide 
capabilities for timely sharing of specimen data with the BETRNet Coordinating Center for trans-BETRNet 
specimen management. This Core will provide clinical data, banked serum, plasma, somatic DNA, frozen 
mucosal specimens, and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) mucosal specimens from a cross-sectional 
cohort of patients with and without BE. This Core will also provide data from a cross-sectional cohort of 
patients in a continuum from BE to EAC in order to facilitate identification of promising cell surface targets. 
This Core will also maintain, update, and provide clinical data and FFPE mucosal specimens from a 
longitudinal cohort of patients with BE, including those who progress to neoplasia.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10155440
- **Project number:** 5U54CA163059-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** JOEL H RUBENSTEIN
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $111,320
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-09-21 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10155440

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10155440, Patient Registry-Virtual Biorepository (5U54CA163059-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10155440. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*