In addition, some reports evidenced that PD-L1 expression in intraepithelial immune cells was significantly more frequent in POLE mutant and MSI tumors, compared to MSS tumors (32, 37, 38), while PD-L1 expression in tumor cells did not differ between POLE mutant, MSI and MSS patients (32). Here, CD274 is linked to Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome.