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ArticleJournal of hepatology2021

Single-cell atlas of hepatic T cells reveals expansion of liver-resident naive-like CD4

Tobias Poch, Jenny Krause, Christian Casar, Timur Liwinski, Laura Glau, Max Kaufmann, Annika E Ahrenstorf, Leonard U Hess, Annerose E Ziegler, Glòria Martrus and 15 more

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Article in Journal of hepatology, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Tobias PochI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Jenny KrauseI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Christian CasarI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Bioinformatics Core, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Timur LiwinskiI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Immunology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001 Israel.
Laura GlauInstitute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Max KaufmannInstitute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Annika E AhrenstorfVirus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Leonard U HessVirus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Annerose E ZieglerVirus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Glòria MartrusVirus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Sebastian LunemannVirus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Marcial SebodeI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Jun LiDepartment for General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Dorothee SchwingeI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Christian F KrebsIII. Department of Medicine, Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Andre FrankeInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel 24105 Germany.
Manuel A FrieseInstitute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Karl J OldhaferDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Semmelweis University of Medicine Hamburg, Germany.
Lutz FischerDepartment for Visceral Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Marcus AltfeldInstitute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Virus Immunology Department, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Ansgar W LohseI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Samuel HuberI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Eva TolosaInstitute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany.
Nicola GaglianiI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Department for General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Immunology and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 17177 Sweden. Electronic address: n.gagliani@uke.de.
Christoph SchrammI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany; Martin Zeitz Center for Rare Diseases, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246 Germany. Electronic address: c.schramm@uke.de.
Universität Hamburg · DELeibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) · DEAsklepios Klinik Barmbek · DEChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsLittle is known about the composition of intrahepatic immune cells and their contribution to the pathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Herein, we aimed to create an atlas of intrahepatic T cells and thereby perform an in-depth characterization of T cells in inflamed human liver.

methodsDifferent single-cell RNA sequencing methods were combined with in silico analyses on intrahepatic and peripheral T cells from patients with PSC (n = 11) and healthy donors (HDs, n = 4). Multi-parameter flow cytometry and functional in vitro experiments were conducted on samples from patients with PSC (n = 24), controls with other liver diseases and HDs.

resultsWe identified a population of intrahepatic naive-like CD4

conclusionWe report the first atlas of intrahepatic T cells in PSC, which led to the identification of a previously unrecognized population of tissue-resident naive-like T cells in the inflamed human liver and to the finding that naive CD4 LAY SUMMARY: The composition of intrahepatic immune cells in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and their contribution to disease pathogenesis is widely unknown. We analysed intrahepatic T cells and identified a previously uncharacterized population of liver-resident CD4

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Cholangitis, SclerosingExome SequencingHepatocytesHumansLiverT-LymphocytesAtlasImmune-mediated liver diseaseNaive T cellsPrimary Sclerosing CholangitisSingle-cell sequencingT cellsT(H)17 cellsTissue residency

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