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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug 15;224(2):191.e1–191.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.032

Table 4.

Biomarker Expression in Baseline and 3-Month Post-Treatment Endometrial Biopsy Specimens

Biomarker Protein Expression
Responders (CR+PR) Non Responders (PD+SD) P Value*

Ki67, # positive nuclei in 10 HPF, median (range)(N=17)
Baseline 27.5 (4.0 – 73.0) 65.5 (32.0 – 91.0) 0.023
3 month change −16.0 (−68.0 – 4.0) −18.5 (−87.0 – 8.0) 0.828

PgR, % positive nuclei, median (range)
(n = 11)
Baseline 70.0 (50.0 – 90.0) 80.0 (70.0 – 90.0) 0.437
3 month change −40.0 (−85.0 – 0) −20.0 (−50 - −10) 0.704

Normalized Gene Expression (%18S rRNA)

Responders (CR+PR) (n = 10) NonResponders (PD+SD) (n = 4) P Value*

PgR, median (range)
Baseline 0.783 (0.046 – 2.136) 0.541 (0.293 – 1.040) 0.407
3 month change −0.622 (−2.036 – 0.092) −0.248 (−0.816 – 0.326) 0.203

EIG121, median (range)
Baseline 0.039 (0.001 – 0.132) 0.011 (0.004 – 0.074) 0.238
3 month change −0.036 (−0.110 – 0.005) 0.003 (−0.049 – 0.057) 0.090

IGF-1, median (range)
Baseline 0.039 (0.002 – 0.293) 0.003 (0.000 – 0.118) 0.176
3 month change −0.043 (−0.284 – 0.019) −0.018 (−0.0115 – 0.001) 0.888

IGF-2, median (range)
Baseline 0.065 (0.002 – 5.673) 0.046 (0.002 – 0.281) 0.827
3 month change 0.239 (−5.263 – 1.469) −0.003 (−0.235 – 0.777) 0.203

IGFBP1, median (range)
Baseline 0.004 (0.000 – 0.558) 0.005 (0.001 – 0.019) >0.999
3 month change 36.351 (11.961 – 85.746) 0.960 (0.003 – 55.487) 0.066

RALDH2, median (range)
Baseline 0.102 (0.005 – 0.408) 0.016 (0.006 – 0.184) 0.176
3 month change 0.073 (−0.077 – 0.170) −0.017 (−0.080 – 0.007) 0.034

SFRP1, media (range)
Baseline 0.747 (0.036 – 12.020) 0.210 (0.029 – 0.655) 0.089
3 month change −0.628 (−3.625 – 0.368) 0.372 (−0.128 – 1.080) 0.024

SFRP4, median (range)
Baseline 0.871 (0.012 – 6.508) 0.256 (0.009 – 2.579) 0.150
3 month change −0.891 (−6.504 – 0.050) −0.429 (−2.567 – 0.029) 0.396

Survivin, median (range)
Baseline 0.003 (0.000 – 0.010) 0.007 (0.001 – 0.011) 0.174
3 month change −0.002 (−0.009 – 0.007) −0.003 (−0.009 – 0.007) 0.436

DKK3, median (range)
Baseline 0.081 (0.047 – 0.304) 0.036 (0.021 – 0.051) 0.030
3 month change −0.042 (−0.212 – 0.103) 0.002 (−0.016 – 0.019) 0.667

FZD8, median (range)
Baseline 0.162 (0.118 – 0.390) 0.245 (0.063 – 0.274) >0.999
3 month change −0.078 (−0.202 – 0.026) 0.073 (0.033 – 0.112) 0.032

FZD10, median (range)
Baseline 0.792 (0.365 – 3.670) 1.639 (0.593 – 1.715) 0.470
3 month change −0.511 (−2.688 – 0.091) 0.727 (−0.236 – 1.690) 0.086

TCF7, median (range)
Baseline 0.124 (0.056 – 0.258) 0.094 (0.080 – 0.116) 0.248
3 month change −0.064 (−0.160 – 0.179) 0.109 (0.022 – 0.196) 0.053

Wnt5a, median (range)
Baseline 1.882 (0.497 – 3.840) 0.881 (0.611 – 1.919) 0.194
3 month change 2.282 (0.696 – 7.317) 1.238 (0.493 – 1.984) 0.197

HPF, high-power fields.