Table 3 Immunohistochemical expression of PD-L1 in all study cases

From: Cellular localization of PD-L1 expression in mismatch-repair-deficient and proficient colorectal carcinomas

Tumor groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Groups A–C

Group D

Group E

Groups A–E

p value (1)*

p value (2)**

 

MMRd-LS

MMRd-unexplained

MMRd-sporadic

MMRd total

MMRp-TIL-H

MMRp-consecutive

Grand total

  

# of tumors

23

13

37

73

17

39

129

  

PD-L1 IHC

≥5% TSI_overall

21 (91%)

13 (100%)

31 (84%)

65 (89%)

13 (76%)

12 (31%)

90 (70%)

0.2296

<0.0001

≥30% TSI_overall

17 (74%)

10 (77%)

24 (65%)

51 (70%)

11 (65%)

2 (5%)

64 (50%)

1

<0.0001

≥30% TSI_IC

15 (65%)

8 (62%)

12 (32%)

35 (48%)

10 (59%)

2 (5%)

47 (36%)

0.2924

<0.0001

≥30% TSI_AC

2 (9%)

2 (15%)

10 (27%)

14 (19%)

0

0

14 (11%)

0.0647

0.0011

≥30% TSI_TC

0

0

2 (5%)

2 (3%)

1 (6%)

0

3 (2%)

0.4706

0.542

PD-L1 + SATB2 IHC

True tumor cell staining

0

0

2 (5%)

2 (3%)

1 (6%)

0

3 (2%)

0.4706

0.542

  1. *p value (1): p value for all MSI vs. MSS-TIL-H
  2. **p value (2): p value for all MSI vs. MSS-TIL-L
  3. MSI microsatellite instability, LS Lynch syndrome, MSS microsatellite stable, TIL tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, H high, L low, TSI tumor-stroma interface, IC immune cells, AC ambiguous cells (tumor vs. immune cell), TC tumor cells, IHC immunohistochemistry