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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2021

Multiregion single-cell sequencing reveals the transcriptional landscape of the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer.

Wei Wang, Yu Zhong, Zhenkun Zhuang, Jiarui Xie, Yueer Lu, Chengzhi Huang, Yan Sun, Liang Wu, Jianhua Yin, Hang Yu and 19 more

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wei WangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yu ZhongSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6902-2732
Zhenkun ZhuangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jiarui XieSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yueer LuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chengzhi HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yan SunBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5080-0781
Liang WuBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Jianhua YinBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Hang YuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhiqiang JiangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Shanshan WangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Chunqing WangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yuanhang ZhangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yilin HuangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chongyin HanSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhenggang ZhongSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jialin HuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ying OuyangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Huisheng LiuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Mengya YuDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiaochan WeiBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Dandan ChenBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Lizhen HuangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yong HouBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Zhanglin LinSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Shiping LiuBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Fei LingSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xueqing YaoDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0570-7585
BGI Group (China) · CNSouth China University of Technology · CNGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment is a complex ecosystem formed by distinct and interacting cell populations, and its composition is related to cancer prognosis and response to clinical treatment. In this study, we have taken the advantage of two single-cell RNA sequencing technologies (Smart-seq2 and DNBelab C4) to generate an atlas of 15,115 immune and nonimmune cells from primary tumors and hepatic metastases of 18 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. We observed extensive changes in the proportions and functional states of T cells and B cells in tumor tissues, compared to those of paired non-tumor tissues. Importantly, we found that B cells from early CRC tumor were identified to be pre-B like expressing tumor suppressors, whereas B cells from advanced CRC tumors tended to be developed into plasma cells. We also identified the association of IgA

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