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ArticleInternational journal of biological sciences2025

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveal cellular heterogeneity and cancer cell-intrinsic major histocompatibility complex II expression in urothelial carcinoma.

Shengwei Xiong, Jian Fan, Cong Huang, Shiming He, Yuan Liang, Qi Zhang, Bin Guo, Yucai Wu, Mancheng Xia, Fangzhou Zhao and 4 more

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Article in International journal of biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Shengwei XiongDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Jian FanDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Cong HuangDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Shiming HeDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Yuan LiangChina National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Qi ZhangChina National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Bin GuoChina National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Yucai WuDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Mancheng XiaDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Fangzhou ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Weimin CiDepartment of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China.
Liqun ZhouDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Yanqing GongDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Xuesong LiDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle-invasive (MI) urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a clinically challenging malignancy with a poor prognosis. Understanding the cellular dynamics that drive UC progression is critical for the development of optimized therapeutic strategies. Through integrative analysis of large-scale single-cell transcriptomic datasets from non-muscle-invasive (NMI) and MI tumours and validation with spatial transcriptomic datasets, we systematically characterized immune cell dynamics and cancer cell plasticity during UC progression. Our analysis revealed an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment and a subset of cancer cells with upregulated major histocompatibility complex II (MHC-II) expression in MI tumours. Notably, MHC-II⁺ cancer cells were induced by interferon-γ signalling, as confirmed through

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Histocompatibility Antigens Class IIUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorGene Expression ProfilingHumansSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeTumor MicroenvironmentHistocompatibility Antigens Class IICellular heterogeneityImmunosuppressive microenvironmentMHC-II moleculesMuscle invasionSingle-cell RNA sequencingUrothelial carcinoma

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PMCPMC12631105

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