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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Characterizing Intercellular Communication of Pan-Cancer Reveals SPP1+ Tumor-Associated Macrophage Expanded in Hypoxia and Promoting Cancer Malignancy Through Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data.

Jinfen Wei, Zixi Chen, Meiling Hu, Ziqing He, Dawei Jiang, Jie Long, Hongli Du

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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75 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinfen WeiSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Zixi ChenSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Meiling HuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Ziqing HeSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Dawei JiangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Jie LongDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Hongli DuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
South China University of Technology · CNGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia is a characteristic of tumor microenvironment (TME) and is a major contributor to tumor progression. Yet, subtype identification of tumor-associated non-malignant cells at single-cell resolution and how they influence cancer progression under hypoxia TME remain largely unexplored. Here, we used RNA-seq data of 424,194 single cells from 108 patients to identify the subtypes of cancer cells, stromal cells, and immune cells; to evaluate their hypoxia score; and also to uncover potential interaction signals between these cells

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hypoxiaintercellular crosstalk networkpan-cancersingle-cell RNA sequencingSPP1+ tumor-associated macrophagetumor microenvironment

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PMID34676217
PMCPMC8523849
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