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Table 1 Expression level of PD-L1 in thymic epithelial tumors

From: Immunotherapy of thymic epithelial tumors: molecular understandings and clinical perspectives

No

Ref

TM/TC No

Antibody of PD-L1

Criteria of Positivity Judgement

Positivity rate

1

Katsuya et al. [47]

101/38

Clone E1L3N

Intensity of staining score (0–3) score 3

TM:23.0% TC: 70.0%

2

Padda et al. [48]

65/4

Clone15

Intensity of staining score (0–3) score 3

TM:68.0% TC: 75.0%

3

Marchevsky et al. [49]

38/8

SP142 (1:250)

Membranous expression ≥ 6%

TM:92.0% TC: 50.0%

4

Enkner et al. [50]

37/35

E1L3N

Staining H-score (cutoff value not defined)

TM:89.0% TC: 53.0%

5

Katsuya et al. [51]

12/18

E1L3N (1:800)

Intensity of staining score (0–3) score ≥ 1

TM:67.0% TC:41.0%

6

Yokoyama et al. [52]

82/0

EPR1161 (1:200)

Cutoff point of the PD-L1–positive rate was calculated to be 38% by Youden’s index

TM:53.7% TC: NA

7

Arbour et al. [36]

12/11

E1L3N

Membranous expression > 25%

TM: 92.0% TC: 36.0%

8

Tiseo et al. [53]

87/20

E1L3N (1:500)

Intensity of staining score (0–3) score 3

TM: 18.0% TC: 65.0%

9

Weissferdt et al. [35]

74/26

EPR4877 (1:250)

Membranous staining > 5%

TM: 64.0% TC: 54.0%

10

Suster et al. [37]

0/21

Clone SP142

Membranous staining > 50%

TM: NA TC: 71.4%

11

Owen et al. [54]

32/3

22C3

Intensity of staining (score 0–5) score 1

TM: 81.0% TC: 100%

12

Hakiri et al. [55]

81/0

SP142 (1:50)

Membranous expression ≥ 1%

TM: 27.0% TC: NA

13

Guleria et al. [56]

84/0

SP263

Membranous expression > 25%

TM: 82.0% TC: NA

14

Duan et al. [45]

20/13

Ab58810 (1:200)

Intensity of staining score (1–3). Median value of all scores as the cutoff value

TM: 65.0% TC: 46.2%

15

Chen et al. [57]

40/30

SP142

Membranous expression ≥ 5%

TM: 37.5% TC: 76.7%

16

Bagir et al. [58]

38/6

AM26531AF-N

Membranous staining > 5%

TM: 81.6% TC: 83.3%

17

Funaki et al. [46]

0/43

SP142(1:100)

Membranous staining > 50%

TM: NA TC: 60.5%

18

Wei et al. [44]

100/69

Clone E1L3N

(1:100)

Membranous staining > 50%

TM:36% TC:37%

18

Higuchi et al. [38]

31/8

28–8

Membranous expression ≥ 1%

TM:51.6% TC:62.5%

19

Rouquette et al. [59]

53/50

Clone E1L3N

Clone 22C3

Clone SP142

Clone SP263

Membranous staining > 1%

TM: > 92% to 98% TC: 66% to 73%

20

Ishihara et al. [60]

55/11

Clone SP263

Membranous staining > 25%

TM: 92.7% TC: 72.7%

21

Berardi et al. [10]

63/5

DAKO PD-L1 IHC 28–8 PharmDx kit

Membranous staining > 1%

Overall: 25%

22

Ishihara et al. [60]

66

Clone SP263 Clone AE1/AE3

The ratio of the PD-L1 positive rate to the AE1/AE3-positive rate

Overall: 38%

  1. TC thymic carcinoma, TM thymoma, Score 0–3 strong (3 +), moderate (2 +) weak (1 +) or unstained (0), NA Not available, IHC immunohistochemistry