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ArticleJournal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao2020

Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies novel cell types in Drosophila blood.

Yulong Fu, Xiaohu Huang, Peng Zhang, Joyce van de Leemput, Zhe Han

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Article in Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yulong FuCenter for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Xiaohu HuangCenter for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Peng ZhangDivisions of Immunotherapy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Joyce van de LeemputCenter for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Zhe HanCenter for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. Electronic address: zhan@som.umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Modeling Nephrotic Syndrome in Drosophila NephrocytesR01DK098410 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI HAN, ZHE · 2014 to 2022
$3.3M
INCLUDE19-Ancestral roles of histone-modifying genes in heart development and diseaseR01HL134940 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI HAN, ZHE · 2017 to 2020
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134940NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila has been extensively used to model the human blood-immune system, as both systems share many developmental and immune response mechanisms. However, while many human blood cell types have been identified, only three were found in flies: plasmatocytes, crystal cells and lamellocytes. To better understand the complexity of fly blood system, we used single-cell RNA sequencing technology to generate comprehensive gene expression profiles for Drosophila circulating blood cells. In addition to the known cell types, we identified two new Drosophila blood cell types: thanacytes and primocytes. Thanacytes, which express many stimulus response genes, are involved in distinct responses to different types of bacteria. Primocytes, which express cell fate commitment and signaling genes, appear to be involved in keeping stem cells in the circulating blood. Furthermore, our data revealed four novel plasmatocyte subtypes (Ppn

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Single-Cell AnalysisAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageDrosophila melanogasterHemocytesHumansImmunityLarvaRNA-SeqSignal TransductionTranscriptomeBloodDrosophilaPlasmatocytePrimocyteSingle-cell RNA-seqThanacyte

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PMID32487456
PMCPMC7321924
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