Invasion status stratifies the composition of the human pancreatic cancer perineural niche
Zainab Hussain, Dig Vijay Kumar Yarlagadda, Qianzi Li, Nuray Tezcan, Pavel Stupakov, Golabahar Sadatrezaei, Richard J. Wong, Joan Massagué, Zeynep Cagla Tarcan, Olca Baştürk, Sylvie Deborde, Christina S. Leslie, Mara H. Sherman
Xenium and single-nucleus profiling of 14 human pancreatic tumors shows invaded nerve neighborhoods enriched for classical cancer cells, myCAFs and lipid-handling macrophages but depleted of lymphocytes.
bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology✦ In-depth digest