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ArticleAging cell2025

A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas Characterizes the Immune Landscape of Human Testes During Aging.

Qiaoling Jiang, Lina Cui, Xichen Nie, Hui Cai, Wenxiu Zhang, Xiaojian Lu, Yifei Guo, James M Hotaling, Bradley R Cairns, Xiaoyan Wang and 1 more

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Article in Aging cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Qiaoling JiangThe First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Lina CuiState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xichen NieHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences and Huntsman Cancer Institute, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Hui CaiState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wenxiu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaojian LuState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yifei GuoState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
James M HotalingDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Bradley R CairnsHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences and Huntsman Cancer Institute, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9864-8811
Xiaoyan WangState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2938-7539
Jingtao GuoState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0159-5021

Funding

Molecular, Epigenetic and Genomic Approaches to Understand Mechanisms of Aging in the Human TestisR01AG069725 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI CAIRNS, BRADLEY R. · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG069725the Initiative Scientific Research Program supported by the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2023IOZ0102the Initiative Scientific Research Program supported by the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2023IOZ0306the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC1104100the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82301816the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82471633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging disrupts immune regulation, affecting tissue function and increasing vulnerability to various diseases. However, the effects of aging on immune cells within human testes are not well understood. In this study, we utilized single-cell RNA sequencing to profile immune cells from 33 human testis samples from individuals aged 21 to 69. Our analysis revealed key immune cell types, including CD8

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AgingSingle-Cell AnalysisTestisTranscriptomeAdultAgedAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMiddle AgedYoung Adultaginghuman testisimmune cellssingle‐cell RNA‐seq

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PMID40051066
PMCPMC12151895

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