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Spatiotemporal Transcriptomic Dissection Uncovers Age-Dependent Deceleration of Esophageal Cell Differentiation.
Jinho Jang, Jie Zhang, Amy S Park, Sohee Jun, Jae-Il Park, Kyung-Pil Ko
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Jinho JangDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2668-241X Jie ZhangDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Amy S ParkDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sohee JunDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jae-Il ParkDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0737-2654 Kyung-Pil KoDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9554-5972 Funding
CRACD-controlled cell plasticity and small cell lung cancerR01CA278967 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Jae-Il Park, Kwon-Sik Park · 2024 to 2026
$1.8MEsophageal Squamous Cell Cancer Initiation and Immune Landscape RemodelingR01CA278971 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Jae-Il Park · 2024 to 2026
$1.7MEsophageal squamous cell cancer initiation and immune landscape remodelingK99CA286761 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KO, KYUNG PIL · 2024 to 2025
$258kEsophageal squamous cell cancer initiation and immune landscape remodelingR00CA286761 · NCI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Kyung Pil Ko · 2026 to 2026
$249kTargeting of E-cadherin-negative diffuse-type gastric cancerR03CA296049 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PARK, JAE-IL · 2025 to 2025
$164kModeling Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer InitiationR03CA256207 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PARK, JAE-IL · 2021 to 2022
$162kNCI NIH HHS K99 CA286761NCI NIH HHS R00 CA286761NCI NIH HHS R01 CA278967NCI NIH HHS R01 CA278971NCI NIH HHS R03 CA256207NCI NIH HHS R03 CA296049
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Precise orchestration of stem and progenitor cells is essential for tissue homeostasis and regeneration but becomes dysregulated during aging. Despite the known markers, the age-related dynamics of esophageal epithelial cell lineages remain unclear. Using single-cell single cell transcriptomics, we analyzed human esophageal epithelia across different age groups. We identified two stem cell populations: quiescent (qeSCs) and proliferative (peSCs) esophageal stem cells. qeSCs from young donors showed higher
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