Research Article

Prevalence of Syndecan-1 (CD138) Expression in Different Kinds of Human Tumors and Normal Tissues

Table 1

CD138 expression in different tumorous tissues.

CD138 immunhistochemistry results (%)
Entity on TMA analyzableNegative %Weak %Moderate %Strong %Positive %

Tumors of the skinPilomatrixoma353063.326.710.00.036.7
Basalioma48412.47.37.382.997.6
Epidermal nevus2919100.00.00.00.00.0
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma50427.121.49.561.992.9
Malignant melanoma483997.42.60.00.02.6
Merkel cell carcinoma464269.021.42.47.131.0

Tumors of the airwayLaryngeal squamous cell carcinoma504415.931.811.440.984.1
Oral squamous cell carcinoma504511.122.220.046.788.9
Lung squamous cell carcinoma502114.314.39.561.985.7
Large cell bronchial carcinoma312556.032.04.08.044.0
Lung adenocarcinoma503517.134.320.028.682.9
Lung in situ pulmonary adenocarcinoma61580.020.00.00.020.0
Lung small cell carcinoma20520.020.040.020.080.0
Malignant mesothelioma483597.12.90.00.02.9
Parotid gland pleomorphic adenoma503721.610.818.948.678.4
Parotid gland Warthin tumor49417.329.322.041.592.7
Salivary gland Basal cell adenoma15150.033.333.333.3100.0

Gynecological tumorsVagina squamous cell carcinoma482910.327.624.137.989.7
Vulva squamous cell carcinoma503026.713.333.326.773.3
Cervix squamous cell carcinoma503920.523.125.630.879.5
Cervix adenocarcinoma504185.414.60.00.014.6
Endometrial carcinoma endometrioid504472.713.611.42.327.3
Endometrial carcinoma serous503360.69.118.212.139.4
Uterus stromal sarcoma121090.00.010.00.010.0
Carcinosarcoma484774.512.88.54.325.5
Ovarian carcinoma endometrioid373056.716.76.720.043.3
Ovarian carcinoma serous503979.510.37.72.620.5
Ovarian carcinoma mucinous262133.319.00.047.666.7
Brenner tumor960.00.00.0100.0100.0
NST breast carcinoma462846.417.97.128.653.6
Lobular breast carcinoma432774.111.17.47.425.9
Medullary breast carcinoma151172.79.19.19.127.3
Tubular breast carcinoma181040.010.010.040.060.0
Mucinous breast carcinoma221464.328.60.07.135.7
Phyllodes breast tumor50185.622.238.933.394.4

Gastrointestinal tumorsColon adenoma, low grade50270.03.73.792.6100.0
Colon adenoma, high grade50250.04.04.092.0100.0
Colon adenocarcinoma503414.735.320.629.485.3
Small intestine adenocarcinoma10475.025.00.00.025.0
Stomach carcinoma diffuse type502445.816.78.329.254.2
Stomach carcinoma intestinal type502821.442.914.321.478.6
Esophageal adenocarcinoma503330.327.312.130.369.7
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma49330.012.19.178.8100.0
Anal squamous cell carcinoma50229.118.29.163.690.9
Cholangiocarcinoma502360.917.48.713.039.1
Hepatocellular carcinoma50442.315.99.172.797.7
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma503026.736.716.720.073.3
Pancreas/papilla adenocarcinoma301729.417.611.841.270.6
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor492882.13.63.610.717.9
Gastrointestinal stroma tumor (GIST)5037100.00.00.00.00.0

Urogenital tumorsUrothelial carcinoma pTa504112.22.44.980.587.8
Urothelial carcinoma T2-4504223.84.816.754.876.2
Small cell urothelial carcinoma1818100.00.00.00.00.0
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma504645.713.017.423.954.3
Papillary renal cell carcinoma504459.122.76.811.440.9
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma504281.09.59.50.019.0
Renal oncocytoma504438.627.320.513.661.4
Prostate carcinoma494383.74.74.77.016.3
Small cell prostate carcinoma171154.527.39.19.145.5
Seminoma5047100.00.00.00.00.0
Embryonic carcinoma (testis)503997.42.60.00.02.6
Yolk sac tumor502592.04.04.00.08.0
Teratoma502317.44.38.769.682.6

Endocrine tumorsThyroid adenoma504580.013.32.24.420.0
Papillary thyroid carcinoma503663.98.313.913.936.1
Follicular thyroid carcinoma494477.39.16.86.822.7
Medullary thyroid carcinoma502982.83.40.013.817.2
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma261989.55.30.05.310.5
Adrenal adenoma504872.910.46.310.427.1
Adrenal carcinoma261435.721.414.328.664.3
Pheochromocytoma5032100.00.00.00.00.0
Neuroendocrine tumor (NET)502781.57.47.43.718.5

Hemic neoplasiaHodgkin lymphoma4543100.00.00.00.00.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma484297.62.40.00.02.4
Thymoma292470.816.78.34.229.2

Soft tissue tumorsGiant cell-long sheath tumor454197.62.40.00.02.4
Granular cell tumor30240.012.525.062.5100.0
Leiomyoma5041100.00.00.00.00.0
Leiomyosarcoma494693.50.06.50.06.5
Liposarcoma493497.12.90.00.02.9
Angiosarcoma322290.94.54.50.09.1

Bone neoplasmOsteosarcoma251788.25.95.90.011.8
Chondrosarcoma25887.50.012.50.012.5