Multiparametric Evaluation of Marker Expression

Abstract

We have developed flow cytometric methods for the analysis of androgen and vitamin D receptor expression in nuclei isolated from archival breast tumors of both male and female patients. Our data shows that in male breast tumors androgen receptor expression is less than that of the female tumors. In both male and female tumors, sub-populations with diploid DNA content had lower receptor expression than in nuclei with aneuploid DNA content. In contrast the expression of vitamin D receptors in diploid and aneuploid tumors was similar. The methods developed are rapid, quantitative and allow for multiparametric analysis of receptor expression in archival breast tumors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA407422

Entities

People

  • Awtar Ganju-krishan
  • Wahrdad Nadji

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Androgen Receptors
  • Androgens
  • Antibodies
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Contrast
  • High Resolution
  • Histograms
  • Hormones
  • Neoplasms
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vitamin D

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.