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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Transcriptional landscape of CD4+ T cells in Systemic Sclerosis.

Gonzalo Villanueva-Martin, Gonzalo Borrego-Yaniz, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera, José Luis Callejas-Rubio, Norberto Ortego, Norbert Mages, Stefan Börno, Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, Javier Martin, Lara Bossini-Castillo

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gonzalo Villanueva-MartinDepartment of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3585-4319
Gonzalo Borrego-YanizDepartment of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1474-2884
Marialbert Acosta-HerreraDepartment of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9868-6535
José Luis Callejas-RubioSystemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain.
Norberto OrtegoDepartment of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Norbert MagesSequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Stefan BörnoSequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Maria Gutierrez-ArcelusDivision of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Javier MartinDepartment of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.
Lara Bossini-CastilloDepartamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.

Funding

Joint Biology Consortium Resource-based CenterP30AR070253 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Peter A Nigrovic, Jeffrey Andrew Sparks · 2016 to 2026
$9.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR070253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This resource deeply characterizes the CD4+ T cell subpopulations populations in SSc patients, with a novel single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) approach, offering unprecedented insights into the cellular and molecular underpinnings of the disease. Methods: We performed scRNA-seq to analyze over 80,000 CD4+ T cells from 8 SSc patients and 8 healthy controls, integrating abundance, transcriptional, and TCR repertoire analysis, to define CD4+ T cell subtype-specific signatures associated with SSc. Results: SSc CD4+ T cells displayed a global interferon-driven activation signature and significantly reduced TNFα signaling. Key transcriptomic alterations included the downregulation of Conclusion: Together, this data revealed SSc-associated cell population states in CD4+ T cells with unique transcriptomic signatures and provided a publicly accessible interactive platform to facilitate exploration of this dataset by the research community.

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PMID41889800
PMCPMC13015531

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