Single-cell transcriptional profiling of human thymic stroma uncovers novel cellular heterogeneity in the thymic medulla.
Single-cell transcriptional profiling of human thymic stroma uncovers novel cellular heterogeneity in the thymic medulla.
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10.1038/s41467-021-21346-6
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2021-02-17
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16.6
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Parent AV
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Bautista JL;Cramer NT;Miller CN;Chavez J;Berrios DI;Byrnes LE;Germino J;Ntranos V;Sneddon JB;Burt TD;Gardner JM;Ye CJ;Anderson MS;Parent AV
The thymus’ key function in the immune system is to provide the necessary environment for the development of diverse and self-tolerant T lymphocytes. While recent evidence suggests that the thymic stroma is comprised of more functionally distinct subpopulations than previously appreciated, the extent of this cellular heterogeneity in the human thymus is not well understood. Here we use single-cell RNA sequencing to comprehensively profile the human thymic stroma across multiple stages of life. Mesenchyme, pericytes and endothelial cells are identified as potential key regulators of thymic epithelial cell differentiation and thymocyte migration. In-depth analyses of epithelial cells reveal the presence of ionocytes as a medullary population, while the expression of tissue-specific antigens is mapped to different subsets of epithelial cells. This work thus provides important insight on how the diversity of thymic cells is established, and how this heterogeneity contributes to the induction of immune tolerance in humans. The thymus supports T cell immunity by providing the environment for thymocyte differentiation. Here the authors profile human thymic stroma at the single cell level, identifying ionocytes as a new medullary population and defining tissue specific antigen expression in multiple stromal cell types.
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.20141207
发表时间:
2014-11-17
期刊:
The Journal of experimental medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
Akiyama N;Shinzawa M;Miyauchi M;Yanai H;Tateishi R;Shimo Y;Ohshima D;Matsuo K;Sasaki I;Hoshino K;Wu G;Yagi S;Inoue J;Kaisho T;Akiyama T
通讯作者:
Akiyama T
DOI:
10.1126/science.1159407
发表时间:
2008-08-08
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Gardner JM;Devoss JJ;Friedman RS;Wong DJ;Tan YX;Zhou X;Johannes KP;Su MA;Chang HY;Krummel MF;Anderson MS
通讯作者:
Anderson MS
影响因子:
5.9
作者:
Giroux V;Stephan J;Chatterji P;Rhoades B;Wileyto EP;Klein-Szanto AJ;Lengner CJ;Hamilton KE;Rustgi AK
通讯作者:
Rustgi AK
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Heinonen, Krista M.;Vanegas, Juan Ruiz;Perreault, Claude
通讯作者:
Perreault, Claude
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Anderson, MS;Venanzi, ES;Mathis, D
通讯作者:
Mathis, D