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Table 2 The results of FISH and IHC method to evaluate three samples made of different cell lines for quality control

From: Comparison of the types of candidate reference samples for quality control of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status detection

Quality control samples

Cell lines’ name or patient’s code

The results of FISH detection

The results of IHC detection

Qualitative results

Ratio of HER2:chromosome 17

HER2 copy number

Qualitative results

IHC scoring

Cell lines samples

MCF-7

Negative

1.15

3.05

Negative

0

MDA-MB-453

Positive

2.26

6.9

Positive

3+

SKBR-3

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

3+

BT474

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

3+

Agarose gel samples

MCF-7

Negative

1.18

3.85

Negative

0

MDA-MB-453

Positive

2.15

7.1

Negative

0

SKBR-3

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Negative

1+

BT474

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

2+

Xenograft tumor samples

MCF-7

Negative

1.27

5.25

Negative

0

MDA-MB-453

Positive

2.42

8

Positive

2+

SKBR-3

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

3+

BT474

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

3+

Clinical specimens

A2

Negative

1.07

4.07

Negative

0

A12

Positive

Clusters

Clusters

Positive

3+