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Article Dans Une Revue Pathology - Research and Practice Année : 2020

The transcriptional factors CDX2 and FOXA1 in chordomas

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Chordomas are rare sarcomas that are usually treated by surgery and/or radiotherapy since these are chemo-resistant tumors, but immunotherapy could be a possible option for chordoma patients. However, few reports investigating the composition of the chordoma immune microenvironment exist. We immunohistochemically studied 81 chordomas regarding their immune microenvironment factors and compared them with clinicopathological data. Macrophages and CD4 cells were the most prominent inflammatory cell populations, followed by CD8 T cells, while CD20 B cells and high endothelial venules (MECA-79+) were less frequently found. PD-L1 (22C3) expression by inflammatory cells was found in 21 (26%) tumors and was associated with a larger tumor size. None of the cases showed the expression of PD-L1 by tumor cells. Survival analysis showed that younger patients had a better overall survival. Considering the immunohistochemical factors studied, higher CD8, the presence of PD-L1+ immune cells, and higher vascular density were adverse prognostic factors, but in multivariate analysis, only PD-L1+ immune cells retained prognostic significance. To conclude, chordoma tumor cells do not express PD-L1, but PD-L1+ immune cells seem to play a negative prognostic role, supporting the need for further studies in this field and the possible beneficial role of immunotherapy in these patients.

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hal-04997904 , version 1 (19-03-2025)

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Maroa Dridi, Jean Boutonnat, Jean Marc Dumollard, Michel Péoc’h, Georgia Karpathiou. The transcriptional factors CDX2 and FOXA1 in chordomas. Pathology - Research and Practice, 2020, 216 (11), pp.153160. ⟨10.1016/j.prp.2020.153160⟩. ⟨hal-04997904⟩
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