Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) immunoreactivity: specificity of three pharmacodiagnostic antibodies

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  • Anne-Sofie Schrohl Rasmussen
  • Hans Christian Pedersen
  • Sussie Steen Jensen
  • Nielsen, Signe Lykke
  • Nils Brünner
The availability of specific antibody-based test systems is essential to testing of HER2 protein expression. Here, we mapped epitopes recognized by three pharmacodiagnostic HER2 antibodies and investigated their specificity towards peptides and fusion proteins homologous to the intracellular domains of HER1, HER2, HER3 and HER4. The investigated antibodies were PATHWAY(®) HER2 (clone 4B5; Ventana Medical Systems Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA), HercepTest™ (Dako Denmark A/S, Glostrup, Denmark), and Oracle(®) HER2 (clone CB11; Leica Microsystems GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany).
Original languageEnglish
JournalHistopathology
Volume59
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)975-983
Number of pages9
ISSN0309-0167
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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