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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2022

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals altered NK cell subsets and reduced levels of cytotoxic molecules in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Conglin Ren, Mingshuang Li, Yang Zheng, Bingbing Cai, Weibin Du, Helou Zhang, Fengqing Wu, Mengsha Tong, Fu Lin, Jinfu Wang and 1 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Conglin RenThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Mingshuang LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yang ZhengThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bingbing CaiResearch Institute of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Jiangnan Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Weibin DuResearch Institute of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Jiangnan Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Helou ZhangThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Fengqing WuThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Mengsha TongThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Fu LinThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jinfu WangInstitute of Cell and Development Biology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Renfu QuanResearch Institute of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Jiangnan Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2591-0700
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CNZhejiang Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune disease with unknown aetiology. To unravel the mechanisms mediating AS pathogenesis, we profiled peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from AS patients and healthy subjects using 10X single-cell RNA sequencing. The frequencies of immune cell subsets were evaluated by flow cytometry. NK cells were purified from PBMCs using isolation kit and were examined for gene expression by RT-qPCR. Plasma levels of cytolytic molecules were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Compared to healthy controls, AS patients showed a significant decrease in total NK cells as well as CD56

Indexed as

Spondylitis, AnkylosingCD56 AntigenFlow CytometryHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLeukocytes, MononuclearRNA-SeqCD56 Antigenankylosing spondylitisgranzyme Bnatural killer cellsperipheral blood mononuclear cellssingle-cell RNA sequencing

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PMID34994057
PMCPMC8831943
OpenAlexW4205992806

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