Difference in the hypoxic immunosuppressive microenvironment of patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 schwannomas and sporadic schwannomas.
Ryota TamuraYukina MorimotoMizuto SatoYuki KuranariYumiko OishiKenzo KosugiKazunari YoshidaMasahiro TodaPublished in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2020)
This study presents the clinicopathological features of the differences in immunosuppressive cells and the expression of immune checkpoint molecules between NF2 and sporadic schwannomas. Hypoxic TME was first detected in NF2-schwannomas, which was associated with the tumor progression.