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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Feb;36(2):173–184. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182417d36

Table 2.

Immunohistochemical Features of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Marker Proliferation Markers of PanNET (ref 20) Markers of
Neuroendocrine
Differentiation
Markers of Cell Cycle
Regulation
PDAC
Marker
Therapeutic
Target
Ki67 (%) Mitotic
Rate
DAXX ATRX Pten CD56 Pdx1 PAX8 p53 Rb p16 Smad4 Bcl-2
Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (Small Cell NEC)a
1 58.1 50 + + + + + + + + +
2 36.9 42 + + + + + + + +
3 55.9 36 + + + + + + + +
4 57.1 22 + + + + + + + + +
5 59.7 56 + + + + + + + + +
6 77.6 33 + + + + NAb + + + +
7 55.1 49 + + + + + + + +
8 57.4 22 + + + + + + + +
9 85.8 58 + + + + + + + + + +
Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (Large Cell NEC)a
10 55.2 53 + + + + + + + +
11 68.4 31 + + + + + + + + +
12 56.1 74 + + + + + +
13 67.1 48 + + + + + + +
14 39.5 29 + + + + + + + + + +
15 38.7 28 + + + + + + + + +
16 37.2 25 + + + + + + + +
17 22.0 31 + + + + + + +
18 30.1 4 + + + + + +
19 20.0 20 + + + + + + + +
Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET, G2, intermediate-grade)
20 9.2 3 + + + + NAb + + + +
21 8.9 2 + + + + + + + + +
22 3.3 2 + + + + + + + +
23 5.7 1 + + + + + + +
24 2.3 2 + + + + + + + +
Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET, G1, low-grade)
25 0.4 0 + + + + NAb + + + +
26 1.3 0 + + NAb + + + + +
27 1.7 0 + + + + + + + +
28 0.8 0 + c + + + + + + +
29 0.8 0 + + + + + + + +
30 0.2 1 c c + + + + +
a

p=0.02, mean Ki67 labeling index of Small Cell NEC versus Large Cell NEC.

b

NA, not analyzed or technical failure.

c

Areas of both positive and negative immunolabeling present in the same section (heterogeneity).