Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuchang District, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Nanotechnology. 2010 Mar 5;21(9):095101. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/9/095101. Epub 2010 Jan 29.
Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous tumor, and better understanding of its heterogeneity is essential to improving treatment effect. Quantum dot (QD)-based immunofluorescent nanotechnology (QD-IHC) for molecular pathology has potential advantages in delineating tumor heterogeneity. This potential is explored in this paper by QD-IHC imaging of HER2 and ER. BC heterogeneity can be displayed more clearly and sensitively by QD-IHC than conventional IHC in BC tissue microarrays. Furthermore, the simultaneous imaging of ER and HER2 might help understand their interactions during the process of evolution of heterogeneous BC.
乳腺癌(BC)是一种异质性肿瘤,更好地了解其异质性对于提高治疗效果至关重要。基于量子点(QD)的免疫荧光纳米技术(QD-IHC)在分子病理学中的应用具有描绘肿瘤异质性的潜在优势。本文通过 HER2 和 ER 的 QD-IHC 成像来探索这种潜力。与传统的 BC 组织微阵列中的 IHC 相比,QD-IHC 可以更清晰、更敏感地显示 BC 异质性。此外,ER 和 HER2 的同时成像可能有助于了解它们在异质 BC 进化过程中的相互作用。