Human liver single nucleus and single cell RNA sequencing identify a hepatocellular carcinoma-associated cell-type affecting survival.
Marcus AlvarezJihane N BenhammouNicholas Darci-MaherSamuel W FrenchSteven B HanJanet S SinsheimerVatche G AgopianJoseph R PisegnaPäivi PajukantaPublished in: Genome medicine (2022)
By integrating liver single cell, single nucleus, and bulk expression data from multiple cohorts we identified a proliferating cell-type (Prol) enriched in HCC tumors, associated with a decreased overall survival, and linked to TP53 and RB1 somatic mutations.