Heterogeneity and cellular hierarchy of lung cDC2

肺 cDC2 的异质性和细胞层次

• 批准号: 10665348
• 负责人: Gye Young Park
• 金额: $ 23.99万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-06 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10665348
• 关键词: Acute; Address; Adopted; Adoptive Transfer; Affect; Allergic; Alveolar Macrophages; Animal Model; Aspergillus; Attenuated; Bioinformatics; Blood; CX3CR1 gene; Categories; Cell Count; Characteristics; Collaborations; Data; Dendritic Cells; Development; Disease; Extrinsic asthma; Gene Expression; Heterogeneity; Hypersensitivity; ITGAX gene; Immune response; Immunity; Inflammation; Knowledge; Lung; Lung diseases; Lymphoid Cell; Malignant Neoplasms; Maps; Mediating; Modeling; Mouse Strains; Mus; Mycoses; Myeloid Cells; Natural Immunity; Operative Surgical Procedures; Parabiosis; Parasitic infection; Play; Population; Pulmonary Inflammation; RNA; Reporter; Research; Rest; Role; Specificity; Stains; Techniques; Testing; adaptive immunity; airway inflammation; cell type; high dimensionality; insight; interest; mouse model; novel; single-cell RNA sequencing; tool; transcriptomic profiling; transcriptomics

Abstract Dendritic cells (DCs) play a fundamental role in bridging innate and adaptive immunity. Among DC subtypes, conventional DC2 (cDC2) are pivotal in multiple diseases including allergy, fungal & parasite infection, and cancer. However, studying cDC2 has been challenged by the small cell number and a lack of the subset- specific animal model. To better understand the characteristics and roles of cDC2 subsets, we have utilized the cutting-edge, RNA-based high-throughput transcriptomic profiling technique known as single cell RNA- sequencing (scRNA-seq). This approach has enabled us to better understand lung cDC2 in terms of diversity and cellular hierarchy. Our preliminary data indicate that lung cDC2 can be categorized into 6 distinct subsets. Of interest, lung CX3CR1hicDC2 subset are origin of rest of 5 subsets. In aim 1, we will test whether other lung cDC2 subsets are derived from the CX3CR1hicDC2 subset. In aim 2, we will test whether a cDC-specific CX3CR1 depletable stain (CX3CR1-DTRcDC) is responsible not only Th2 immunity but also Th17 immune responses. Successful completion of this project will provide us with a better understanding of heterogeneity and cellular dynamic lineage trajectory of lung cDC2. Moreover, our new mouse strain, cDC specific CX3CR1 depletable strain (CX3CR1-DTRcDC), will be a great asset to study cDC2-mediated diseases.

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