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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Histopathology. 2019 Nov 15;76(2):251–264. doi: 10.1111/his.13943

Table 4:

Results of Previous Studies Addressing SATB2 Expression in Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Dragomir et al (2014)(18) Lin et al (2014)(23) Li et al (2015)(21) Fukuhara et al (2016)(22) Kervarrec et al (2018)(26)
Clone CL0276 SATBA4B10 and EP281/EPNCIR130B EPNCIR130A CL0320 Not specified
NET “Carcinoid” (n=54):
0–1%: 59%
2–25%: 22%
26–75%: 2%
>75%: 13%
  • Medullary carcinoma (n=12): 0%

  • Unpublished observation that SATB2 expressed by “majority of NETs of the colon, rectum, and appendix but rarely in NETs from the stomach, duodenum, small intestine, pancreas, and lung”

  • Foregut (n=84): 17%

  • Midgut (n=25): 12%

  • Hindgut (n=58): 90%

“Carcinoid” (n=10): 0% Not examined
Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma Not reported Pheochromocytoma (n=13): 0% Not examined Not examined Not examined
NEC 3 Merkel cell carcinomas showed staining in >75% of nuclei Not examined Unpublished observation that SATB2 is expressed by “one third of PDNECs of various organs”
  • Merkel cell (n=20): 75%

  • Small cell lung (n=4): 0%

  • Merkel cell (n=98):
    • High expressors:64%
    • Low Expressors: 24%
    • Negative: 12%
  • Visceral (n=57):
    • High expressors: 2%
    • Low expressors: 18%
    • Negative: 80%