Fig. 2.
Quantification of manual progesterone receptor expression score in pre-therapy endometrial biopsies. a Schema: 12 progesterone-sensitive and 9 progesterone-resistant patients were included in this analysis. Pre-therapy endometrial biopsies were stained for progesterone receptor (PR). PR expression was quantified in the epithelium and stroma via ImageJ in 5 independent fields of view. Total PR expression was obtained by adding the number of PR-positive nuclei in the epithelium and stroma. H-score was determined by 2 independent investigators. b PR expression scores (PRES) were calculated using the formulae shown. Representative images of PR expression are shown in 6 independent patient samples, 3 sensitive (c–e), and 3 resistant (f–h) to hormonal therapy