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ArticleScientific reports2024

Single-cell RNA sequencing unveils tumor heterogeneity and immune microenvironment between subungual and plantar melanoma.

Panpan Wang, Yangyang Ma, Yige Zhao, Yong Li, Chenyu Tang, Shiwen Wang, Sha Jin, Jiaqi Wang, Mengyan Zhu, Bo Xie and 1 more

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  5. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape Deciphers Intratumoral Heterogeneity and Subtypes of Acral and Mucosal Melanomas.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Panpan Wang *Fourth Clinical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Yangyang Ma *Department of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Yige ZhaoFourth Clinical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Yong LiResearch Center, Shanghai Yeslab Biotechnology, Shanghai, China.
Chenyu TangFourth Clinical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Shiwen WangFourth Clinical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Sha JinFourth Clinical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiaqi WangDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Mengyan ZhuDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Bo XieDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Ping WangDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. dermwang@aliyun.com.
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CNThird People's Hospital of Hangzhou · CN

Funding

Health Science and Technology Projects of Hangzhou A20220441Medical and Health Science and Technology Planning Project of Zhejiang Province 2021455749Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation of China LBZ22H160001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acral melanoma (AM) is a subtype of melanoma with high prevalence in East Asians. AM is characterized by greater aggressiveness and lower survival rates. However, there are still fewer studies on immune mechanisms of AM especially subungual melanoma (SM) versus non-subungual melanoma (NSM). In order to explore tumor heterogeneity and immune microenvironment in different subtypes of AM, we applied single-cell RNA sequencing to 24,789 single cells isolated from the SM and plantar melanoma (PM) patients. Aspects of tumor heterogeneity, melanocytes from PM and SM had significant differences in gene expression, CNV and pathways in which tumor-associated such as NF-kb and Wnt were involved. Regarding the immune microenvironment, PM contained more fibroblasts and T/NK cells. The EPHA3-EFNA1 axis was expressed only in cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) and melanocytes of PM, and the TIGIT-NECTIN2 axis was expressed in both AM subtypes of T/NK cells and melanocytes. Altogether, our study helps to elucidate the tumor heterogeneity in AM subpopulations and provides potential therapeutic targets for clinical research.

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MelanomaNail DiseasesSkin NeoplasmsHumansMelanocytesSequence Analysis, RNATumor Microenvironment

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