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ArticleMolecular systems biology2021

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals immune response of intestinal cell types to viral infection.

Sergio Triana, Megan L Stanifer, Camila Metz-Zumaran, Mohammed Shahraz, Markus Mukenhirn, Carmon Kee, Clara Serger, Ronald Koschny, Diana Ordoñez-Rueda, Malte Paulsen and 3 more

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sergio TrianaStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-7821
Megan L StaniferDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5606-1297
Camila Metz-ZumaranDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6981-0728
Mohammed ShahrazStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Markus MukenhirnDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Carmon KeeResearch Group "Cellular Polarity and Viral Infection", German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5847-5509
Clara SergerStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ronald KoschnyDepartment of Internal Medicine IV, Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Center, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Diana Ordoñez-RuedaFlow Cytometry Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Malte PaulsenFlow Cytometry Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Vladimir BenesGenomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Steeve BoulantResearch Group "Cellular Polarity and Viral Infection", German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8614-4993
Theodore AlexandrovStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9464-6125
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEHeidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human intestinal epithelial cells form a primary barrier protecting us from pathogens, yet only limited knowledge is available about individual contribution of each cell type to mounting an immune response against infection. Here, we developed a framework combining single-cell RNA-Seq and highly multiplex RNA FISH and applied it to human intestinal organoids infected with human astrovirus, a model human enteric virus. We found that interferon controls the infection and that astrovirus infects all major cell types and lineages and induces expression of the cell proliferation marker MKI67. Intriguingly, each intestinal epithelial cell lineage exhibits a unique basal expression of interferon-stimulated genes and, upon astrovirus infection, undergoes an antiviral transcriptional reprogramming by upregulating distinct sets of interferon-stimulated genes. These findings suggest that in the human intestinal epithelium, each cell lineage plays a unique role in resolving virus infection. Our framework is applicable to other organoids and viruses, opening new avenues to unravel roles of individual cell types in viral pathogenesis.

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TranscriptomeVirus DiseasesHumansImmunityIntestinal MucosaIntestinesastrovirusimmune responseintestinal epithelial cellsorganoidssingle-cell transcriptomics

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