PMID- 34178874 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220406 IS - 2251-6581 (Print) IS - 2251-6581 (Electronic) IS - 2251-6581 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jun TI - Establishment of biobank facility at Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute of Iran: experiences, challenges, and future outlook. PG - 1081-1084 LID - 10.1007/s40200-021-00781-8 [doi] AB - Biobanking as an emerging procedure referring to the development of sample storage technologies which provide essential structures for conducting research. This paper presents the experiences and challenges faced while establishing the non-communicable diseases (NCDs)-dedicated biobank at Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) in Iran, such as infrastructure, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), ethical and legal aspects, sample collection, preservation, and quality control (QC). NCDs are a major health problem around the world and in Iran, which is access to biological samples are required to understanding and planning to these diseases. The main objectives of the EMRI biobank is currently the collection and storage of biological samples such as blood, serum, plasma, urine and DNA from patients with NCDs including diabetes mellitus osteoporosis and elderly population based on cohort and cross-sectional studies. The biobank of EMRI aims to have a major impact on the NCDs by supplying biological samples for national and international research projects. CI - (c) Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. FAU - Parichehreh-Dizaji, Somayeh AU - Parichehreh-Dizaji S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0143-6821 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 FAU - Samimi, Hilda AU - Samimi H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2009-0096 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 FAU - Asadolahpour, Effat AU - Asadolahpour E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0512-7708 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 FAU - Karimi-Birgani, Farzaneh AU - Karimi-Birgani F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7391-2535 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 FAU - Haghpanah, Vahid AU - Haghpanah V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8337-0602 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 AD - Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 FAU - Larijani, Bagher AU - Larijani B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5386-7597 AD - Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 AD - Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. GRID: grid.411705.6. ISNI: 0000 0001 0166 0922 LA - eng PT - Editorial DEP - 20210405 PL - Switzerland TA - J Diabetes Metab Disord JT - Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders JID - 101590741 PMC - PMC8212262 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biobank OT - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute OT - Iran OT - Non-communicable diseases OT - Tehran University of Medical Sciences COIS- Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/29 06:01 PMCR- 2022/04/05 CRDT- 2021/06/28 06:04 PHST- 2021/01/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/28 06:04 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 781 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40200-021-00781-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2021 Apr 5;20(1):1081-1084. doi: 10.1007/s40200-021-00781-8. eCollection 2021 Jun.