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. 2021 May 31;13(11):2721. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112721

Table 1.

Gene Expression Studies that Defined HPV(+) HNSCC Subtypes.

Citation HPV(+) Subtype Names Figure Abbr Data Used to Define Subtypes Sample Size Sites
Pyeon et al., 2007 α (B cell strong), β (highly keratinized) - Expression microarrays 16 HPV(+);
26 HPV(−)
Oropharynx; oral cavity
Keck et al., 2015 IMS (immune strong), BA (basal-like), CL (classical) KECK Expression microarrays 371 total;
55 HPV(+);
75 HPV(−) *
Oropharynx; oral cavity; larynx
TCGA 2015 Atypical, Basal, Classical, Mesenchymal NAT RNAseq 36 HPV(+);
243 HPV(−)
All HNSCC
Zhang et al., 2016 IMU (immune strong); KRT (highly keratinized) CCR RNAseq 84 HPV(+);
18 HPV(−)
Oropharynx; oral cavity
Lee et al., 2018 1 (cervical-like); 2 (HNSCC classical); 3 (lung-like) ORA RNAseq 1346 total;
514 HNSCC;
65 HPV(+)
HNSCC, esophageal, lung, cervical
Locati et al., 2019 Cl1 (immune strong, high stromal); Cl2 (highly keratinized; high stromal); Cl3 (highly keratinized; low stromal) CAN RNAseq and microarrays meta-analysis 346 HPV(+) Oropharynx, oral cavity, larynx, hypopharynx

* For Keck et al., only 130 have known HPV status.