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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2022

SOX11 is a sensitive and specific marker for pulmonary high-grade neuroendocrine tumors.

Lu Yu, Yuting Dong, Jin Xue, Sanpeng Xu, Guoping Wang, Dong Kuang, Yaqi Duan

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Lu Yu *Department of Pathology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Yuting Dong *Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
Jin XueInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
Sanpeng XuInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
Guoping WangInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
Dong KuangInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China. kuangd@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
Yaqi DuanInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China. yqduan@hust.edu.cn.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNTongji Hospital · CN

Funding

The Natural Science Foundation of China 31271040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSynaptophysin (SYN), chromogranin A (CGA), CD56 and insulinoma-associated protein 1 (INSM1) are proposed neuroendocrine (NE) markers used for diagnosis of pulmonary NE tumors. These NE markers have been identified in subsets of non-NE tumors requiring differential diagnosis, thus we sought to explore new NE markers.

methodsWe evaluated the immunohistochemical expression of SOX11, a transcription factor involved in neurogenesis, in pulmonary NE tumors and large cell carcinomas (LCCs).

resultsWe found that SOX11 showed a sensitivity similar to INSM1 and CGA, and less than SYN and CD56 in small cell lung carcinomas (SCLCs) and large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNECs). While SOX11 is more specific than the other four markers for diagnosis of high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas (HG-NECs) because 1) None of LCCs (0/63), the most challenging non-NE tumor type for differential diagnosis due to overlapped morphology with LCNECs displayed SOX11 positivity. While expression of at least one of SYN, CGA, CD56 or INSM1 was identified in approximately 60% (18/30) of LCCs. 2) SOX11 was only expressed in 1 of 37 carcinoid tumors in contrast to diffuse expression of SYN, CGA, CD56 and INSM1. In HG-NECs, we noticed that SOX11 was a good complementary marker for SCLC diagnosis as it was positive in 7 of 18 SYN

conclusionsTherefore, SOX11 is a useful complementary transcriptional NE marker for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of SCLC and LCNEC.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansImmunohistochemistryLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm GradingRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySOXC Transcription FactorsBiomarkers, TumorSOX11 protein, humanSOXC Transcription FactorsImmunohistochemistryLarge cell neuroendocrine carcinomaSmall cell lung carcinomaSOX11

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