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Table 1 Estradiol specific receptor (ER) status in human breast cancer biopsy specimens

From: A Therapeutic Target for Hormone-independent Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancers

      

Immunodetection

DNA-Binding

Tissue #

Patient #

Class

Age (yrs)

Tumor/Stage

3H-E2 Binding

ER−Ab

PR-Ab

32P-ERE

32P-PRE

1

6

1

51

Inv. Duct/II

+

+

+

+

+

2

7

1

78

Inv. Duct/II

+

+

+

+

+

3

9

1

51

Inv. Duct/II

+

+

+

+

+

4

10

1

41

Inv. Duct/I

+

+

+

+

+

5

12

1

53

Inv. Duct/I

+

+

+

+

+

6

14

1

44

Inv. Lob/I

+

+

+

+

+

7

1

2

58

DCIS/I

8

2

2

36

Inv. Duct/II

9

4

2

76

Inv. Duct/II

10

8

2

48

Inv. Duct/II

11

15

2

59

Adenocarcinoma

    

Metastatic/IV

     

12

3

3

43

Inv. Duct/I

+

+

+

13

11

3

72

Inv. Duct/IV

+

+

+

14

5

4

80

Inv. Duct/II

+

+

+

+

15

13

4

55

Inv. Duct/II

+

+

+

+

Cell Lines

 

Class

       

T47D

 

1

  

+

+

+

+

+

MDA-MB231

2

  

None

 

3

       

21PT

 

4

  

+

+

+

+

  1. DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; Inv. Duct., invasive ductal; Inv. Lob., invasive lobular; +, positive; −, negative; ER(−)Ab, ER(−) antibody; progesterone receptor antibody PR-Ab, 32P-ERE, 32P-labeled estradiol response element; 32P-PRE, 32P-progesterone receptor response element 32H-E2, 32H-labeled estradiol.