2023
Functionally and Metabolically Divergent Melanoma-Associated Macrophages Originate from Common Bone-Marrow Precursors
Pizzurro G, Bridges K, Jiang X, Vidyarthi A, Miller-Jensen K, Colegio O. Functionally and Metabolically Divergent Melanoma-Associated Macrophages Originate from Common Bone-Marrow Precursors. Cancers 2023, 15: 3330. PMID: 37444440, PMCID: PMC10341323, DOI: 10.3390/cancers15133330.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene Set Enrichment AnalysisBone marrow precursorsTissue-specific nichesTumor-associated macrophagesMelanoma tumor microenvironmentTranscriptomic analysisRNA sequencingTumor microenvironmentEnrichment analysisOxidative phosphorylationProtein secretionTemporal divergenceCanonical markersPolyamine metabolismTAM subsetsLike phenotypeSkin-resident macrophagesMacrophage phenotypeMonocytic precursorsOntogenyTumor progressionDepth characterizationPhenotypeMacrophage subsetsTAM subpopulations
2022
Langerhans cells are essential components of the angiogenic niche during murine skin repair
Wasko R, Bridges K, Pannone R, Sidhu I, Xing Y, Naik S, Miller-Jensen K, Horsley V. Langerhans cells are essential components of the angiogenic niche during murine skin repair. Developmental Cell 2022, 57: 2699-2713.e5. PMID: 36493773, PMCID: PMC10848275, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiogenic nicheSingle-cell RNA sequencingLangerhans cellsControl of angiogenesisCanonical roleMouse geneticsPre-existing vesselsRNA sequencingImmune cellsSkin repairFunction of LCSkin-resident immune cellsNew blood vesselsMouse skin woundsThree-dimensional microscopyNicheNon-healing woundsEndothelial cellsAngiogenesisCellsCell immunityTreatment optionsInflammatory diseasesAntigen presentationInjury repairMapping and Validation of scRNA-Seq-Derived Cell-Cell Communication Networks in the Tumor Microenvironment
Bridges K, Miller-Jensen K. Mapping and Validation of scRNA-Seq-Derived Cell-Cell Communication Networks in the Tumor Microenvironment. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 13: 885267. PMID: 35572582, PMCID: PMC9096838, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.885267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScRNA-seqHigh-throughput transcriptional profilingCell-cell communication networksSingle-cell RNA sequencingCell-cell communicationSingle-cell technologiesCell-cell interactionsTumor microenvironmentTranscriptional profilingInteraction networksRNA sequencingBiological systemsNetwork analysisComputational approach
2021
Co-stimulation with opposing macrophage polarization cues leads to orthogonal secretion programs in individual cells
Muñoz-Rojas AR, Kelsey I, Pappalardo JL, Chen M, Miller-Jensen K. Co-stimulation with opposing macrophage polarization cues leads to orthogonal secretion programs in individual cells. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 301. PMID: 33436596, PMCID: PMC7804107, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20540-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCo-stimulated macrophagesFunctional diversitySingle-cell RNA sequencingGlobal transcriptional programSuch functional diversityTranscriptional programsTissue homeostasisRNA sequencingEnvironmental cuesGene resultsExclusive expressionInflammatory stimuli LPSCell heterogeneityIndividual cellsPolarization cuesIndividual macrophagesTissue repairCytokine genesDiversityInnate immune cellsFighting infectionsCellsMacrophagesCuesTranscription