“089 | Epithelial-immune cell crosstalk in salivary gland tumors: implications for tumor progression and diagnostic assessment: Martina Sausa1, Giuseppe Vergilio1, Rosario Barone1, Rossana Porcasi2, Prince Ofori3, Fatima Azhraa Haddad3|4, Francesca Rappa1|5, Francesca Levi-Schaffer,3 Angelo Leone1|3 | 1Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Italy; 2Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties PROMISE, University of Palermo, Italy; 3Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Unit, Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 4Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 5Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Palermo, Italy”. (2026) Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale, 99(s1). doi:10.4081/jbr.2026.15341.