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Virve Pentikainen

Helsinki University Hospital, New Children's Hospital;ORCID 0000-0003-2209-1647Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 12, 2026

Neuroblastoma immune microenvironment is characterized by limited T cell infiltration and abundant macrophages expressing targetable receptors

Ruth Nousiainen, Minttu Polso, Lassi Paavolainen…·Vilja Pietiainen

This study characterizes the neuroblastoma immune microenvironment, finding limited T cell infiltration, abundant macrophages with targetable receptors, and associations between immune composition and patient survival.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.09.764906

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