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A single-cell atlas of in vitro multiculture systems uncovers the in vivo lineage trajectory and cell state in the human lung.

Woochan LeeSeyoon LeeJung-Ki YoonDakyung LeeYuri KimYeon Bi HanRokhyun KimSungji MoonYoung Jun ParkKyunghyuk ParkBukyoung ChaJaeyong ChoiJuhyun KimNa-Young HaKwhanmien KimSukki ChoNam-Hyuk ChoTushar J DesaiJin-Haeng ChungJoo-Hyeon LeeJong-Il Kim
Published in: Experimental & molecular medicine (2023)
We present an in-depth single-cell atlas of in vitro multiculture systems on human primary airway epithelium derived from normal and diseased lungs of 27 individual donors. Our large-scale single-cell profiling identified new cell states and differentiation trajectories of rare airway epithelial cell types in human distal lungs. By integrating single-cell datasets of human lung tissues, we discovered immune-primed subsets enriched in lungs and organoids derived from patients with chronic respiratory disease. To demonstrate the full potential of our platform, we further illustrate transcriptomic responses to various respiratory virus infections in vitro airway models. Our work constitutes a single-cell roadmap for the cellular and molecular characteristics of human primary lung cells in vitro and their relevance to human tissues in vivo.
Keyphrases
  • single cell
  • rna seq
  • high throughput
  • endothelial cells
  • induced pluripotent stem cells
  • gene expression
  • induced apoptosis
  • cell proliferation
  • depressive symptoms
  • risk assessment
  • mesenchymal stem cells