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Application of serum proteomics to the Women's Health Initiative conjugated equine estrogens trial reveals a multitude of effects relevant to clinical findings

Hiroyuki Katayama1,2, Sophie Paczesny3,1, Ross Prentice4, Aaron Aragaki4, Vitor M Faca1, Sharon J Pitteri1, Qing Zhang1, Hong Wang1, Melissa Silva1, Jacob Kennedy1, Jacques Rossouw5, Rebecca Jackson6, Judith Hsia7, Rowan Chlebowski8, JoAnn Manson9 and Samir Hanash1*

Author Affiliations

1 Molecular Diagnostics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

2 Laboratory of Core Technology, Eisai Co. Ltd, 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan

3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Cancer Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

4 Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

5 Women's Health Initiative Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

6 Division of Endocrinology, Ohio State University, Dodd Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA

7 AstraZeneca LP, Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 29850, USA

8 Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, W. Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA

9 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA

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Genome Medicine 2009, 1:47 doi:10.1186/gm47

Published: 29 April 2009

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Additional data file 1:

Ratios (1 year CEE/baseline) of gene-level weighted proteins for each IPAS (log2scale), number of events identified for each unique gene and their P-values.

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Additional data file 2:

Weighted gene-level proteins quantified in two or more IPAS experiments with significant ratio 1 year ET/baseline (P < 0.05).

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Additional data file 3:

Proteins deregulated after 1 year ET with log-ratios >1.20 or <1/1.20.

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