Single-cell transcriptional profiling reveals cellular diversity and intercommunication in the mouse heart
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Journal Article
Abstract
Characterization of the cardiac cellulome, the network of cells that form the heart, is essential for understanding cardiac development and normal organ function and for formulating precise therapeutic strategies to combat heart disease. Recent studies have reshaped our understanding of cardiac cellular composition and highlighted important functional roles for non-myocyte cell types. In this study, we characterized single-cell transcriptional profiles of the murine non-myocyte cardiac cellular landscape using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Detailed molecular analyses revealed the diversity of the cardiac cellulome and facilitated the development of techniques to isolate understudied cardiac cell populations, such as mural cells and glia. Our analyses also revealed extensive networks of intercellular communication and suggested prevalent sexual dimorphism in gene expression in the heart. This study offers insights into the structure and function of the mammalian cardiac cellulome and provides an important resource that will stimulate studies in cardiac cell biology.
Date Issued
2018-01-16
Date Acceptance
2017-12-20
Citation
Cell Reports, 2018, 22 (3), pp.600-610
ISSN
2211-1247
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
600
End Page
610
Journal / Book Title
Cell Reports
Volume
22
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sponsor
Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
Identifier
PII: S2211-1247(17)31909-5
Grant Number
13 CVD 01
Subjects
10X
cardiac non-myocyte
cell type markers
cell-cell communication
cellulome
heart
mouse
sexual dimorphism
single cell RNA-seq
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-01-29