Review Article

B7-H3 and Its Role in Antitumor Immunity

Table 1

Relevant clinical studies investigating the relationship between B7-H3 expression in human cancer tissues with clinicopathological features.

AuthorJournalYearType of malignancyNumber of patientsPositive tumor-associated Correlation with clinicopathologic features
B7-H3 expression FavorableAdverse

Sun et al. [29]Cancer Immunol Immunother2010Colorectal cancer10287.3%Higher tumor B7-H3 correlated with a more advanced tumor grade

Zang et al. [27]Mod Pathol2010Ovarian carcinoma10393% of tumor cellsSignificant shorter survival time and higher incidence of recurrence for patients with positive B7-H3 tumor vasculature
44% of tumor vasculature
Parker et al. [46]Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys2010Recurrent prostate cancer148100%Increased risk of biochemical recurrence for patients with moderate and marked B7-H3 staining

Loos et al. [25]BMC Cancer2009Pancreatic cancer6888.2%high tumor B7-H3 expression was associated with significantly better postoperative prognosis

Boorjian et al. [44]Urology2009Renal angiomyolipoma/ pulmonary lymphangio-leiomyomatosis110/7100% and 2.7%

Yamato et al. [47]Br J Cancer2009Pancreatic cancer5993.2%Strong tumor B7-H3 expression was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis and advanced pathological stage

Crispen et al. [28]Clin Cancer Res2008ccRCC74317% of tumor cellsEither tumor cell or diffuse tumor vasculature B7-H3 expression was significantly associated with an increased risk of death from ccRCC
95% of tumor vasculature
Boorjian et al. [30]Clin Cancer Res2008Urothelial cell carcinoma31870.7%

Greorio et al. [45]Histopathology2008Neuroblastoma5374%High tumor B7-H3 expression was associated with a worse event-free survival

Zang et al. [43]PNAS2007Prostate cancer82393%Patients with strong tumor B7-H3 expression were at significantly increased risk of clinical cancer recurrence and cancer-specific death

Roth et al. [31]Cancer Res2007Prostate cancer338100%(1) Increasing levels of tumor B7-H3 intensity correlated with worsening clinicopathologic features, including tumor volume, extraprostatic extension, higher Gleason score, seminal vesicle involvement, surgical margins
(2) Marked tumor B7-H3 intensity was significantly associated with cancer progression
Sun et al. [24]Lung Cancer2006NSCLC7037.1%High tumor B7-H3 expression was significantly more common in cases with lymph node metastasis

Wu et al. [26]World J Gastroenterol2006Gastric cancer10258.8%Positive tumor B7-H3 expression was significantly associated with better postoperative survival