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ArticleCell reports2025

A basophil-fibroblast pro-inflammatory axis fuels type 2 skin inflammation.

Ichiro Imanishi, Raman Gill, Alexis Wilder, Paula Restrepo, Arjun Nair, Inchul Cho, James G Krueger, Emma Guttman-Yassky, Brian S Kim, Andrew L Ji

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ichiro ImanishiKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Raman GillKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Alexis WilderKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Paula RestrepoKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Arjun NairKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Inchul ChoKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
James G KruegerLaboratory for Investigative Dermatology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Emma Guttman-YasskyKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Brian S KimKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mark Lebwohl Center for Neuroinflammation and Sensation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions, New York, NY 10029, USA; Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Andrew L JiKimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: andrew.ji@mssm.edu.

Funding

Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4M
Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center at Mount SinaiP30AR079200 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Elena Ezhkova · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
COVID and Translational Science supercomputer (CATS)S10OD030463 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
Big Omics Data Engine 2 SupercomputerS10OD026880 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
Cancer Cell-Extrinsic and Intrinsic Regulators of TumorigenesisK08CA263187 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI JI, ANDREW · 2021 to 2025
$1.1M
Research Training in Systems Skin BiologyT32AR082315 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Patrick Brunner, Sarah E. Millar · 2023 to 2026
$1.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR004419NCI NIH HHS K08 CA263187NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR079200NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR082315NIH HHS S10 OD026880NIH HHS S10 OD030463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammatory skin diseases arise from dysregulated interactions between tissue-resident and infiltrating cells, the complexity of which hinders disease understanding and treatment. To address this, here, we present a single-cell spatiotemporal atlas of murine type 2 skin inflammation using MERFISH and scRNA-seq. Analyzing ∼430,000 cells during MC903- and oxazolone-induced dermatitis, we identify 39 cell types, including pro-inflammatory fibroblasts that resemble those in human atopic dermatitis. Spatial neighborhood analyses reveal basophils as potent activators of pro-inflammatory fibroblasts, with basophil-derived oncostatin-M (OSM) and IL-4 synergizing fibroblast-mediated feedforward basophil and immune recruitment. While fibroblast-specific deletion of the IL-4Rα receptor disrupts inflammation in vivo, the addition of pharmacologic gp130 inhibition, a core component of the OSM receptor, results in synergistic reduction of inflammation. Our study establishes a basophil-fibroblast circuitry as a critical regulator of type 2 skin inflammation, redefining basophil biology and positioning fibroblasts as dynamic immune regulators and therapeutic targets in inflammatory skin disease.

Indexed as

BasophilsDermatitisFibroblastsInflammationSkinAnimalsDermatitis, AtopicHumansInterleukin-4MiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxazoloneInterleukin-4Oxazoloneatopic dermatitisbasophilCP: Immunologyfibroblast heterogeneityinflammatory skin diseaseMERFISHpro-inflammatory fibroblastsingle-cell RNA sequencingskin inflammationspatial transcriptomicstype 2 skin inflammation

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PMID40782349
PMCPMC12449769

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