2024
High-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors
Aung T, Bates K, Rimm D. High-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors. Modern Pathology 2024, 37: 100425. PMID: 38219953, DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100425.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Interplay between copy number alterations and immune profiles in the early breast cancer Scandinavian Breast Group 2004-1 randomized phase II trial: results from a feasibility study
Zerdes I, Simonetti M, Matikas A, Harbers L, Acs B, Boyaci C, Zhang N, Salgkamis D, Agartz S, Moreno-Ruiz P, Bai Y, Rimm DL, Hartman J, Mezheyeuski A, Bergh J, Crosetto N, Foukakis T. Interplay between copy number alterations and immune profiles in the early breast cancer Scandinavian Breast Group 2004-1 randomized phase II trial: results from a feasibility study. Npj Breast Cancer 2021, 7: 144. PMID: 34799582, PMCID: PMC8604966, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00352-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiplexed fluorescent immunohistochemistryPhase II trialII trialEarly breast cancer patientsSomatic copy number alterationsCopy number alterationsEarly breast cancerBreast cancer patientsAbundant immune cellsImmune cell compositionParaffin-embedded tissue samplesNumber alterationsImmune profilePD-1PD-L1Immune profilingLymphocytic infiltrationCancer patientsImmune cellsBreast cancerT cellsLarge cohortFluorescent immunohistochemistryTissue samplesPathological samples
2014
Preanalytical variables and phosphoepitope expression in FFPE tissue: quantitative epitope assessment after variable cold ischemic time
Vassilakopoulou M, Parisi F, Siddiqui S, England AM, Zarella ER, Anagnostou V, Kluger Y, Hicks DG, Rimm DL, Neumeister VM. Preanalytical variables and phosphoepitope expression in FFPE tissue: quantitative epitope assessment after variable cold ischemic time. Laboratory Investigation 2014, 95: 334-341. PMID: 25418580, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2014.139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCold ischemic timeIschemic timeFormalin fixationCompanion diagnostic testingCancer patientsBreast cancerTissue microarrayPhospho-HSP27Breast tumorsDiagnostic testingQuantitative immunofluorescenceAQUA technologyPreanalytical variablesGene expression profilingLoss of antigenicityTissue samplesReproducible assessmentProtein levelsConfidence intervalsSpecimen collectionExpression levelsPhosphorylation levelsAntigenicityRoutine usageResearch settingsNext-gen immunohistochemistry
Rimm DL. Next-gen immunohistochemistry. Nature Methods 2014, 11: 381-383. PMID: 24681723, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2896.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Optimal tumor sampling for immunostaining of biomarkers in breast carcinoma
Tolles J, Bai Y, Baquero M, Harris LN, Rimm DL, Molinaro AM. Optimal tumor sampling for immunostaining of biomarkers in breast carcinoma. Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13: r51. PMID: 21592345, PMCID: PMC3218938, DOI: 10.1186/bcr2882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole tissue sectionsBreast carcinomaEstrogen receptorBiomarker expressionTumor biomarker expressionAmount of tumorTissue sectionsEvidence-based standardsHeterogeneous markersTherapeutic responseHER-2Optimal tumorBreast biopsyBreast tumorsClinical implicationsMAP-tauQuantitative immunofluorescenceClinical useLevel of expressionCarcinomaImmunostaining assaysBiomarkersTumorsTissue samplesBiomarker heterogeneity
2004
Quantitative Determination of Expression of the Prostate Cancer Protein α-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Using Automated Quantitative Analysis (AQUA) A Novel Paradigm for Automated and Continuous Biomarker Measurements
Rubin MA, Zerkowski MP, Camp RL, Kuefer R, Hofer MD, Chinnaiyan AM, Rimm DL. Quantitative Determination of Expression of the Prostate Cancer Protein α-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Using Automated Quantitative Analysis (AQUA) A Novel Paradigm for Automated and Continuous Biomarker Measurements. American Journal Of Pathology 2004, 164: 831-840. PMID: 14982837, PMCID: PMC1613273, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63171-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancerProstate tissue samplesAMACR protein expressionTissue samplesProtein expressionProstate tissueZ-scoreAcinar prostate cancerLow AMACR expressionΑ-Methylacyl-CoA racemaseTissue microarray samplesTissue microarray slidesBenign prostate tissueProgression tissue microarrayMetastatic tumor samplesTissue-based markersMost tissue samplesProstate tissue biomarkersProstate cancer biomarkersBenign prostate tissue samplesImmunohistochemical evaluationSeparation of tumorAMACR expressionTissue biomarkersTissue microarray
2002
Subjective Differences in Outcome Are Seen as a Function of the Immunohistochemical Method Used on a Colorectal Cancer Tissue Microarray
Chung GG, Kielhorn EP, Rimm DL. Subjective Differences in Outcome Are Seen as a Function of the Immunohistochemical Method Used on a Colorectal Cancer Tissue Microarray. Clinical Colorectal Cancer 2002, 1: 237-242. PMID: 12450422, DOI: 10.3816/ccc.2002.n.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue microarrayTissue sectionsColorectal cancer tissue microarraySemiquantitative grading systemColorectal cancer specimensCancer tissue microarrayPatient outcomesLarge cohortSubjective assessmentCancer specimensImmunohistochemical methodsGrading systemNuclear stainingPathology literatureProtein expressionTissue samplesCell preparationsExpression levelsBeta-catenin antibodyCurrent standardImmunohistochemistryCohortOutcomesApparent increaseExpression