Endothelial cell heterogeneity and microglia regulons revealed by a pig cell landscape at single-cell level
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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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 3620 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Volume | 13 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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Correction: DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-34498-w
- TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION, GENE-EXPRESSION, MODEL, ATLAS, ANGIOGENESIS, DIFFERENTIATION, CONTRIBUTES, RESOLUTION, PROVIDE, HEALTH
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