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Table 3 Protein expression in uterine clear cell cancers (UCCC, N = 48), versus uterine endometrial (UEnd, N = 28) and ovarian clear cell (OvCC, N = 8) cases

From: Clinical, pathological, and comprehensive molecular analysis of the uterine clear cell carcinoma: a retrospective national study from TMRG and GINECO network

  

N, %

p-value

ER positive

UCC

6

13%

 
 

UEnd

18

64%

1.2 E−05

 

OvCC

0

0%

0.65

PR positive

UCC

4

8%

 
 

UEnd

15

54%

4.8 E−05

 

OvCC

0

0%

0.90

P16 positive

UCC

18

38%

 
 

UEnd

14

50%

0.41

 

OvCC

4

50%

0.78

P53 mutant profile

UCC

11

23%

 
 

UEnd

6

21%

0.94

 

OvCC

1

13%

0.75

PTEN loss

UCC

28

58%

 
 

UEnd

18

64%

0.79

 

OvCC

4

50%

0.96

PDL1 positive

UCC

4

8%

 
 

UEnd

0

0%

0.30

 

OvCC

0

0%

0.92

MMRd

UCC

19

40%

 
 

UEnd

9

32%

0.69

 

OvCC

0

0%

0.07

MMRd2

UCC

10

21%

 
 

UEnd

6

21%

1

 

OvCC

0

0%

0.36

  

Mean (SD)

 

EZH2 expressiona

UCC

24.3% (39.2)

0.38, Kruskal–Wallis

 

UEnd

36.6% (41.7)

 
 

OvCC

17.5% (26.0)

 

γH2AX expressiona

UCC

18.3% (31.1)

0.54, Kruskal–Wallis

 

UEnd

24.7% (38.1)

 
 

OvCC

11.4% (29.8)

 
  1. ER estrogen receptor; PR progesterone receptor; MMRd loss of at least one mismatch repair protein; MMRd2 loss of at least two MMR proteins and considered as MMR deficient; SD standard deviation
  2. UCC considered as reference for statistical analyzes
  3. P-values: Chi2-test unless specified
  4. Features with significant differences are in bold
  5. aPercentage of positive cells