Neural proximity, vascular remodeling, and perineural
immune exclusion across the cervical neoplasia spectrum –
a whole-slide, nerve-anchored spatial analysis
of 135 cases

Giorgi-Jemal Gogitidze; Shota Kepuladze; George Burkadze

doi:10.5114/pjp.2025.158907

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Neural proximity, vascular remodeling, and perineural immune exclusion across the cervical neoplasia spectrum – a whole-slide, nerve-anchored spatial analysis of 135 cases

Giorgi-Jemal Gogitidze

^{1, 2}

,

Shota Kepuladze

³

,

George Burkadze

¹

Department of Pathology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Department of Pathologic Anatomy and Molecular Pathology, Scientific-Diagnostic Laboratory, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Department of Pathologic Anatomy and Molecular Pathology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pol J Pathol 2025; 76 (4)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2025.158907

Online publish date: 2026/01/28

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Neural proximity, vascular remodeling, and perineural immune exclusion across the cervical neoplasia spectrum – a whole-slide, nerve-anchored spatial analysis of 135 cases

Giorgi-Jemal Gogitidze 1, 2 , Shota Kepuladze 3 , George Burkadze 1

Giorgi-Jemal Gogitidze

^{1, 2}

,

Shota Kepuladze

³

,

George Burkadze

¹