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ArticleImmunity2019

Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Human and Mouse Lung Cancers Reveals Conserved Myeloid Populations across Individuals and Species.

Rapolas Zilionis, Camilla Engblom, Christina Pfirschke, Virginia Savova, David Zemmour, Hatice D Saatcioglu, Indira Krishnan, Giorgia Maroni, Claire V Meyerovitz, Clara M Kerwin and 8 more

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Article in Immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 987 papers.

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987citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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987 citing papers in PubMed, 1,454 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Rapolas ZilionisDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Camilla EngblomCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Graduate Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Christina PfirschkeCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Virginia SavovaDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Precision Immunology, Immunology and Inflammation Therapeutic Area, Sanofi, US. Electronic address: virginia.savova@sanofi.com.
David ZemmourGraduate Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Hatice D SaatciogluPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Indira KrishnanHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Giorgia MaroniHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy.
Claire V MeyerovitzDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Clara M KerwinDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sun ChoiDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
William G RichardsDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Assunta De RienzoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel G TenenHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore.
Raphael BuenoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, The Lung Center and the International Mesothelioma Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Elena LevantiniHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy.
Mikael J PittetCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mpittet@mgh.harvard.edu.
Allon M KleinDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: allon_klein@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USCenter for Systems Biology · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USInstitute of Biomedical Technologies · ITMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

StatisticsP50CA086355 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2000 to 2015
$27.8M
Transcriptional and epigenetic heterogeneity of stem/progenitor cellsP01HL131477 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David T Scadden · 2017 to 2026
$24.6M
Mechanisms of regulation by RNA in acute myeloid leukemiaR35CA197697 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI TENEN, DANIEL G · 2015 to 2021
$7.1M
In vivo behavior of monocytes in resting and inflammatory conditionsR01AI084880 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PITTET, MIKAEL · 2011 to 2020
$4.4M
Single Cell Genome-Wide Myeloid Response Profiling in ImmunotherapyR01CA218579 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE, PITTET, MIKAEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Imaging tumor associated macrophage (TAM) functionR01CA206890 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PITTET, MIKAEL, WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Droplet microfluidic technology for single cell cancer genomicsR33CA212697 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE · 2017 to 2019
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA086355NCI NIH HHS R01 CA206890NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218579NCI NIH HHS R33 CA212697NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197697NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131477NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells (TIMs) comprise monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and neutrophils, and have emerged as key regulators of cancer growth. These cells can diversify into a spectrum of states, which might promote or limit tumor outgrowth but remain poorly understood. Here, we used single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to map TIMs in non-small-cell lung cancer patients. We uncovered 25 TIM states, most of which were reproducibly found across patients. To facilitate translational research of these populations, we also profiled TIMs in mice. In comparing TIMs across species, we identified a near-complete congruence of population structures among dendritic cells and monocytes; conserved neutrophil subsets; and species differences among macrophages. By contrast, myeloid cell population structures in patients' blood showed limited overlap with those of TIMs. This study determines the lung TIM landscape and sets the stage for future investigations into the potential of TIMs as immunotherapy targets.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsGene Expression ProfilingHumansLungLung NeoplasmsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMonocytesNeutrophilsSequence Analysis, RNAdendritic cell heterogeneitymacrophage heterogeneitymouse-human comparisonmyeloid cellsneutrophil heterogeneitysingle-cell analysistumor immunologytumor microenvironment

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PMID30979687
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