Progesterone receptor

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Progesterone receptor, abbreviated PgR, is a common immunostain.

Progesterone receptor
Immunostain in short
Abbreviation PgR
Normal staining pattern nuclear staining
Positive Breast carcinoma

General

  • Nuclear stain.


Positive

Occasionally positive

Lung adenocarcinoma.[3]

Negative

See also

References

  1. Schnegg, JF.; Gomez, F.; LeMarchand-Beraud, T.; de Tribolet, N. (Jun 1981). "Presence of sex steroid hormone receptors in meningioma tissue.". Surg Neurol 15 (6): 415-8. PMID 7280951.
  2. Tilzer, LL.; Plapp, FV.; Evans, JP.; Stone, D.; Alward, K. (Feb 1982). "Steroid receptor proteins in human meningiomas.". Cancer 49 (4): 633-6. PMID 7055777.
  3. Berardi, R.; Morgese, F.; Santinelli, A.; Onofri, A.; Biscotti, T.; Brunelli, A.; Caramanti, M.; Savini, A. et al. (Dec 2016). "Hormonal receptors in lung adenocarcinoma: expression and difference in outcome by sex.". Oncotarget 7 (50): 82648-82657. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.12244. PMID 27690341.