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ArticleApplied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM

Estrogen Receptor-α Quantification in Breast Cancer: Concordance Between Immunohistochemical Assays and mRNA-In Situ Hybridization for ESR1 Gene.

Christian Thomsen, Søren Nielsen, Boye S Nielsen, Sine H Pedersen, Mogens Vyberg

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Article in Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christian ThomsenInstitute of Pathology, Aalborg University Hospital.
Søren NielsenInstitute of Pathology, Aalborg University Hospital.
Boye S NielsenBioneer, Hoersholm, Denmark.
Sine H PedersenInstitute of Pathology, Aalborg University Hospital.
Mogens VybergNordic Immunohistochemical Quality Control (NordiQC).
Aalborg University Hospital · DKAalborg University · DKBioneer (Denmark) · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunohistochemical (IHC) quantification of estrogen receptor-α (ER) is used for assessment of treatment regimen in breast cancer. Different ER IHC assays may produce diverging results, because of different antibody clones, protocols, and stainer platforms. Objective tissue-based techniques to assess sensitivity and specificity of IHC assays are therefore needed. We tested the usability of ER mRNA-in situ hybridization (mRNA-ISH) in comparison with assays based on clones SP1 and 6F11. We selected 56 archival specimens according to their reported ER IHC positivity, representing a wide spectrum from negative to strongly positive cases. The specimens were used to prepare 4 TMAs with 112 cores. Serial sections of each TMA were stained for ER and pan-cytokeratin (PCK) by IHC and ESR1 (ER gene) by mRNA-ISH. Digital image analysis (DIA) was used to determine ER IHC H-score. ESR1 mRNA-ISH was scored both manually and by DIA. DIA showed a nonlinear correlation between IHC and ESR1 mRNA-ISH with R-values of 0.80 and 0.78 for the ER antibody clones SP1 and 6F11, respectively. Comparison of manual mRNA-ISH scoring categories and SP1 and 6F11 IHC H-scores showed a highly significant relationship (P<0.001). In conclusion, the study showed good correlation between mRNA-ISH and IHC, suggesting that mRNA-ISH can be a valuable tool in the assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of ER IHC assays.

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Biomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, DuctalEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Situ HybridizationRetrospective StudiesRNA, MessengerSensitivity and SpecificityTissue Array AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaRNA, Messenger

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PMID30920963
PMCPMC7253185
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