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. 2011 Aug 25;6(8):e23846. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023846

Figure 3. UQCRFS1/RISP expression in primary breast tumors.

Figure 3

A. Representative images of IHC performed on a breast tissue array (I. Benign breast tissue incubated with secondary antibody used as a negative control; II. Benign breast tissue with no carcinoma; III. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); IV. Breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC); V. Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC); VI. Metastatic breast adenocarcinoma in lymph nodes (LNM)). IHC was done with an anti-RISP antibody and visualized using DAB with hematoxylin counterstain. B. Graph representing semi-quantitative scoring of immunoreactivity for RISP expression in benign breast, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), invasive carcinomas and metastatic breast carcinoma in lymph nodes (LN metastasis). IHC analysis was done on tissue array containing 54 breast tissue cores with anti-RISP antibody. Note high expression (score +++) of RISP protein in DCIS, invasive primary tumor, and metastatic breast carcinoma compared to benign breast tissue. RISP protein was visualized using DAB with hematoxylin counterstain.