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. 2012 Sep;181(3):795–803. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.05.015

Table 1.

Tumor Cell Expression of CD137 Protein Determined by Immunohistochemistry

Tumor subtype Total positive (n/N) % Positive
Histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms (n = 23) 6/23 26
 Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma 6/7 86
 Interdigitating dendritic cell tumor 0/1 0
 Langerhans cell histiocytosis 0/10 0
 Rosai-Dorfman disease 0/3 0
 Histiocytic sarcoma 0/2 0
Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 225) 179/225 80
 Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) 179/208 86
  Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) 0/17 0
T-cell lymphoma (n = 80) 46/80 58
 T-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia 0/7 0
 Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL NOS) 9/16 56
 Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) 18/32 56
 Mycosis fungoides 6/7 86
 Large T-cell lymphoma, transformed from mycosis fungoides 7/9 78
 Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma 1/1 100
 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALK+ and ALK) 5/8 63
Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type 34/93 37
B-cell lymphoma (n = 359) 12/359 3
 Follicular lymphoma 0/134 0
  Grade 1 and 2 0/84 0
  Grade 3A and 3B 0/50 0
 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 0/95 0
 Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) 7/46 15
 B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable (features intermediate between DLBCL and CHL) 5/10 50
 Burkitt's lymphoma 0/3 0
 Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma 0/10 0
 Splenic marginal zone lymphoma 0/5 0
 Nodal marginal zone lymphoma 0/3 0
 Mantle cell lymphoma 0/12 0
 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small cell lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL) 0/30 0
 Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma 0/4 0
 B-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia 0/5 0
 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder 0/2 0
Plasma cell neoplasms (n = 158) 0/158 0
 Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) 0/8 0
 Multiple myeloma 0/131 0
 Plasma cell leukemia 0/11 0
 Plasmacytoma 0/8 0
Other (n = 17)
 Systemic mast cell disease 0/2 0
 Acute myeloid leukemia (various WHO subtypes) 0/11 0
 Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm 1/4 25

Referred to in the text as BCLU/DLBCL/CHL.