Endothelial cell heterogeneity and microglia regulons revealed by a pig cell landscape at single-cell levelShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 13, no 1, article id 3620Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Pigs are valuable large animal models for biomedical and genetic research, but insights into the tissue- and cell-type-specific transcriptome and heterogeneity remain limited. By leveraging single-cell RNA sequencing, we generate a multiple-organ single-cell transcriptomic map containing over 200,000 pig cells from 20 tissues/organs. We comprehensively characterize the heterogeneity of cells in tissues and identify 234 cell clusters, representing 58 major cell types. In-depth integrative analysis of endothelial cells reveals a high degree of heterogeneity. We identify several functionally distinct endothelial cell phenotypes, including an endothelial to mesenchymal transition subtype in adipose tissues. Intercellular communication analysis predicts tissue- and cell type-specific crosstalk between endothelial cells and other cell types through the VEGF, PDGF, TGF-beta, and BMP pathways. Regulon analysis of single-cell transcriptome of microglia in pig and 12 other species further identifies MEF2C as an evolutionally conserved regulon in the microglia. Our work describes the landscape of single-cell transcriptomes within diverse pig organs and identifies the heterogeneity of endothelial cells and evolutionally conserved regulon in microglia.
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Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 13, no 1, article id 3620
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Cell Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-315532DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31388-zISI: 000815536300017PubMedID: 35750885Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85132918827OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-315532DiVA, id: diva2:1681816
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Correction in: Nature Communications, vol. 13, issue. 1. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34498-w, WOS: 000885370100016, ScopusID: 2-s2.0-85141346712
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2022-07-072022-07-072023-12-07Bibliographically approved