Table 1 Immune cell density at baseline and after 2 weeks of anti-HER2 treatment according to baseline PAM50 intrinsic subtype.

From: Immune microenvironment characterisation and dynamics during anti-HER2-based neoadjuvant treatment in HER2-positive breast cancer

Immune cell density at baseline

Immune cell Subpopulation

Immune cell density by intrinsic subtype: median (IQR)

Luminal A (N = 11)

Luminal B (N = 6)

HER2-enriched (N = 43)

Basal-like (N = 5)

p value

CD3+

781 (200–1035)

1277 (696–1372)

1073 (367–2313)

644 (225–1921)

0.419

CD8+

217 (77–383)

461 (350–481)

475 (125–1018)

166 (64–648)

0.562

CD4+

352 (84–445)

525 (340–773)

507 (151–1096)

403 (144–502)

0.374

Foxp3+

43 (13–93)

28 (28–83)

88 (45–202)

52 (49–176)

0.178

%Ki67+CD3+

6 (4–7)

5 (3–8)

9 (4–14)

8 (5–17)

0.178

%Ki67+CD4+

6 (4–10)

7 (1–8)

9 (4–13)

9 (6–17)

0.184

%Ki67+CD8+

5 (2–9)

3 (3–7)

8 (4–12)

9 (5–19)

0.188

%Ki67+Foxp3+

18 (14–20)

15 (0–15)

15 (9–18)

19 (15–27)

0.064

Immune cell density at day 15

Immune cell subpopulation

Immune cell density by intrinsic subtype: median (IQR)

Luminal A (N = 7)

Luminal B (N = 6)

HER2-enriched (N = 33)

Basal-like (N = 3)

p value

CD3+

435 (193–747)

749 (710–896)

1669 (899–2461)

1544 (501–1544)

0.008

CD8+

296 (66–367)

442 (405–492)

769 (481–1417)

583 (275–583)

0.007

CD4+

204 (102–322)

272 (228–295)

713 (361–1136)

629 (158–629)

0.011

Foxp3+

44 (13–48)

37 (22–39)

214 (93–300)

195 (46–195)

0.004

%Ki67+CD3+

3 (2–3

1 (1–1)

4 (2–7)

7 (3–7)

0.051

%Ki67+CD4+

3 (3–3)

1 (1–2)

5 (2–7)

10 (5–10)

0.062

%Ki67+CD8+

2 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

3 (2–8)

6 (2–6)

0.058

%Ki67+Foxp3+

7 (5–13)

2 (1–9)

7 (3–12)

15 (5–15)

0.412

  1. Normal-like N = 0; significant p values in bold.