| Literature DB >> 20216404 |
Rita A Sakr1, Violetta Barbashina, Mary Morrogh, Sarat Chandarlapaty, Victor P Andrade, Crispinita D Arroyo, Narciso Olvera, Tari A King.
Abstract
The PI3K/PTEN pathway plays a major role in carcinogenesis. Dysregulation of this pathway occurs frequently in breast cancer, and loss of PTEN expression is emerging as a potentially important mechanism of resistance to the widely used anti-HER2 therapy, trastuzumab. However, assays for loss of PTEN expression have suffered from lack of consistency. Here, we describe an automated and reliable protocol for PTEN protein expression by immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue that can be easily incorporated into clinical trials.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20216404 PMCID: PMC2921801 DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181d50bd5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol ISSN: 1533-4058