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. 2009 Dec 14;187(6):801–812. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200909127

Table I.

Characterization of breast tissues

Sample code Pathology Other information Source Source specimen ID Tissue thickness
N1 Normal Absence of cancer; 35 y Biomax HuFPT 130 a 5 µm
N2 Normal Absence of cancer; 44 y Biomax HuFPT 129 5 µm
N3 Normal Absence of cancer; 53 y Biomax HuFPT 128 5 µm
N4 Normal Absence of cancer ACSR AA-98-3672 5 µm
N5 Normal Absence of cancer; 56 y BioChain T2234086 5 µm
N6 Normal NAT; 50 y BioChain TMA core A2 4 µm
N7 Normal NAT; 51 y Imgenex IMH-1013 4 µm
N8 Normal NAT (cancer C4) ACSR AA-98-313-Q 5 µm
N9 Normal NAT ACSR AA-96-193-3 5 µm
N10 Normal NAT ACSR AA-97-239-2 5 µm
N11 Normal NAT (cancer C2) ACSR AA-02-161-HH 5 µm
C1 IDC with DCIS ER+ ACSR AA-97-108 B 5 µm
C2 IDC with DCIS Lymph node +, ER−, PR-, HER2- ACSR AA-02-161 C 5 µm
C3 IDC Lymph node + ACSR AA-98-31 A 5 µm
C4 IDC with DCIS ER+, PR+, HER2+ ACSR AA-98-313 C 5 µm
C5 IDC with DCIS Moderate to high grade ACSR AA-98-051-2 5 µm
C6 IDC Poorly differentiated ACSR AA-96-152-3 5 µm
C7 IDC TMN stage T4N3M1; 50 y BioChain TMA core C1 4 µm
C8 IDC TMN stage T2N1M0; 43 y BioChain TMA core C2 4 µm
C9 IDC TMN stage T2N3M0; 47 y BioChain TMA core C3 4 µm
C10 IDC TMN stage T2N0M0; 56 y BioChain TMA core C4 4 µm
C11 IDC TMN stage T2N2M0; 34 y BioChain TMA core C5 4 µm
C12 ILC TMN stage T2N0M0 BioChain TMA core D1 4 µm
C13 ILC TMN stage T2N0M0 BioChain TMA core D2 4 µm
C14 ILC Moderately differentiated; tumor size: 3 cm diameter; 38 y Capital CT2235086-3 5 µm
B1 Hyperplasia 41 y BioChain TMA core B1 4 µm
B2 Hyperplasia 23 y, male BioChain TMA core B2 4 µm
B3 Fibroadenoma 45 y BioChain TMA core B3 4 µm
B4 Fibroadenoma 25 y BioChain TMA core B4 4 µm
B5 Fibroadenoma 32 y BioChain TMA core B5 4 µm
B6 Hyperplasia 49 y BioChain TMA core A4 4 µm

IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; NAT, normal adjacent to breast cancer tissue; y, years old; +, positive; −, negative; TNM, tumor (graded 0–4, based on tumor size and extension to chest wall or skin), node (lymph node metastasis, numbered as N0 [no spread to lymph nodes] or N1–3 [metastasis to lymph nodes]), metastasis (0 = no distant metastasis, 1 = distant metastasis) classification of malignant tumors; Biomax, US Biomax, Inc; ACSR, AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource; Imgenex, Imgenex Corp.; BioChain, BioChain Institute, Inc.; TMA, TMA catalog no. Z7020010; Capital, Capital Biosciences, Inc.