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ArticleCancers2026

Composition of Immune Cells in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas with Different Tumor Volumes.

Anna-Louisa Becker, Clara Helene Klause, Martin Sebastian Staege, Edith Willscher, Jonas Scheffler, Paola Schildhauer, Christian Ostalecki, Christian Strauss, Julian Prell, Christian Scheller and 2 more

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Anna-Louisa BeckerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Clara Helene KlauseDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Martin Sebastian StaegeDepartment of Surgical and Conservative Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3765-7068
Edith WillscherDepartment of Internal Medicine IV, Oncology and Hematology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8786-4578
Jonas SchefflerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-6663-8920
Paola SchildhauerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Christian OstaleckiDepartment of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Hartmannstraße 14, 91052 Erlangen, Germany.
Christian StraussDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Julian PrellDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Christian SchellerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9624-1487
Stefan RamppDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Sandra LeiszDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4581-5185

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesVestibular schwannoma (VS) is the most common benign tumor in the cerebellopontine angle. In preliminary studies, macrophage infiltration has been suggested to influence disease progression. However, the infiltration of other immune cells in VS remains largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to comprehensively characterize the immune cells in sporadic VS.

methodsCryosections of five tumor samples from VS patients with different tumor volumes were examined. The abundance of fourteen immune-cell markers, one vascular marker, and two tumor markers were detected using multi-epitope ligand cartography (MELC). This enabled the spatial distribution and colocalization of immune- and tumor cell markers to be examined. Furthermore, using qPCR and bulk RNAseq, the mRNA levels of the immune-cell markers were examined in 204 VS samples of different tumor sizes.

resultsVSs with greater tumor volumes showed an increased number of immune cells, more precisely T-helper cells (T

conclusionsThese results indicate that an increased diversity of immune-cell subtypes influences VS tumor size. Thus, novel diagnostic and therapeutic options could be developed by targeting the tumor-associated immune-cell populations in VSs.

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immune cell infiltrationlymphocytesmacrophagesmulti-epitope ligand cartographyspatial analysistumor microenvironmentvestibular schwannoma

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PMCPMC12897149

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