小柯机器人

美国斯坦福大学Mark A. Krasnow、Stephen R. Quake等研究人员合作绘制出人类肺脏的单细胞RNA测序图谱。2020年11月18日，《自然》杂志在线发表了这项成果。

Title: A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing

Author: Kyle J. Travaglini, Ahmad N. Nabhan, Lolita Penland, Rahul Sinha, Astrid Gillich, Rene V. Sit, Stephen Chang, Stephanie D. Conley, Yasuo Mori, Jun Seita, Gerald J. Berry, Joseph B. Shrager, Ross J. Metzger, Christin S. Kuo, Norma Neff, Irving L. Weissman, Stephen R. Quake, Mark A. Krasnow

Issue&Volume: 2020-11-18

Abstract: Although single-cell RNA sequencing studies have begun to provide compendia of cell expression profiles1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, it has been difficult to systematically identify and localize all molecular cell types in individual organs to create a full molecular cell atlas. Here, using droplet- and plate-based single-cell RNA sequencing of approximately 75,000 human cells across all lung tissue compartments and circulating blood, combined with a multi-pronged cell annotation approach, we create an extensive cell atlas of the human lung. We define the gene expression profiles and anatomical locations of 58 cell populations in the human lung, including 41 out of 45 previously known cell types and 14 previously unknown ones. This comprehensive molecular atlas identifies the biochemical functions of lung cells and the transcription factors and markers for making and monitoring them; defines the cell targets of circulating hormones and predicts local signalling interactions and immune cell homing; and identifies cell types that are directly affected by lung disease genes and respiratory viruses. By comparing human and mouse data, we identified 17 molecular cell types that have been gained or lost during lung evolution and others with substantially altered expression profiles, revealing extensive plasticity of cell types and cell-type-specific gene expression during organ evolution including expression switches between cell types. This atlas provides the molecular foundation for investigating how lung cell identities, functions and interactions are achieved in development and tissue engineering and altered in disease and evolution.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2922-4

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2922-4

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