Research Article

Clinical and Survival Impact of Sex-Determining Region Y-Box 2 in Colorectal Cancer: An Integrated Analysis of the Immunohistochemical Study and Bioinformatics Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics of the eligible publications.

First authorCountryAgeStageAntibodySources of antibodyStainingCutoff values (IHC)CancerClinical featuresSurvival-MA
Total (E+ %)

Ong et al. [42]SingaporeNA1–4Anti-SOX2Clone 57CT23.3.4; Abcam, Cambridge, MACytoplasm10%310 (NA)NoCSS
Neumann et al. [41]Germany66.5NAAnti-SOX2Clone D6D9, cell Signaling technology, Danvers, MANuclei10%114 (21.1%)YesNA
Han et al. [40]ChinaNANAAnti-SOX2EpitomicsNANA44 (20.5%)YesNA
Lee et al. [39]KoreaNA1–4Anti-SOX2Abcam, Cambridge, UKNuclei5%110 (17.3%)YesNA
Liu et al. [43]ChinaNA1–4Anti-SOX2Cell Signaling Technology, IncNuclei≥2 scores67 (22.4%)YesNA
Ma et al. [38]China651–4Anti-SOX2ab75485, Abcam, Cambridge, MANA>1.4089 (50.6%)YesNA
Raghoebir et al. [37]The NetherlandsNANAAnti-SOX2Immune systemsNuclei5%135 (20.7%)YesNA
Lundberg et al. [23]SwedenNA1–4Anti-SOX2Abcam, Cambridge, UKNucleiNA441 (10.7%)YesCSS
Yan et al. [36]China653–4Anti-SOX2AbcamNA2.5280 (41.8%)YesNA
Miller et al. [24]Australia66.73Anti-SOX2EPR3131; Abcam cell Signaling Technology, DanversNucleiNA104 (18.3%)YesCSS, OS
Zheng et al. [35]ChinaNA1–4Anti-SOX2Mass cat. no. 636675, EMD MilliporeNANA47 (80.9%)YesNA
Han et al. [44]Korea59.83Anti-SOX2Billerica, MA, USANA≥1 score164 (82.3%)NoDFS
Li et al. [34]ChinaNA1–4Anti-SOX2#ab92494NANA432 (NA)NoOS

NA: not applicable; IHC: immunohistochemistry; E+: positive/high expression; MA: multivariate Cox analysis; DFS: disease-free survival; OS: overall survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival.