2022
Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing
Sauler M, McDonough JE, Adams TS, Kothapalli N, Barnthaler T, Werder RB, Schupp JC, Nouws J, Robertson MJ, Coarfa C, Yang T, Chioccioli M, Omote N, Cosme C, Poli S, Ayaub EA, Chu SG, Jensen KH, Gomez JL, Britto CJ, Raredon MSB, Niklason LE, Wilson AA, Timshel PN, Kaminski N, Rosas IO. Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 494. PMID: 35078977, PMCID: PMC8789871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28062-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingRNA sequencingCell-specific mechanismsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAdvanced chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseTranscriptomic network analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencing profilesCellular stress toleranceAberrant cellular metabolismStress toleranceRNA sequencing profilesTranscriptional evidenceCellular metabolismAlveolar nicheSequencing profilesHuman alveolar epithelial cellsChemokine signalingAlveolar epithelial type II cellsObstructive pulmonary diseaseSitu hybridizationType II cellsEpithelial type II cellsSequencingCOPD pathobiologyHuman lung tissue samples
2021
Chronic lung diseases are associated with gene expression programs favoring SARS-CoV-2 entry and severity
Bui LT, Winters NI, Chung MI, Joseph C, Gutierrez AJ, Habermann AC, Adams TS, Schupp JC, Poli S, Peter LM, Taylor CJ, Blackburn JB, Richmond BW, Nicholson AG, Rassl D, Wallace WA, Rosas IO, Jenkins RG, Kaminski N, Kropski JA, Banovich NE. Chronic lung diseases are associated with gene expression programs favoring SARS-CoV-2 entry and severity. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 4314. PMID: 34262047, PMCID: PMC8280215, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24467-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic lung diseaseLung diseaseImmune responseSARS-CoV-2 entry factorsSevere coronavirus disease-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionWorse COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2 entryAdaptive immune responsesCoronavirus disease-19COVID-19 outcomesInnate immune responseInflammatory gene expression programSimilar cellular distributionPoor outcomePeripheral lungViral exposureDisease-19Inflammatory microenvironmentEntry factorsLung epitheliumLung cellsViral replicationAT2 cellsBasal differencesSingle-cell meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes across tissues and demographics
Muus C, Luecken M, Eraslan G, Sikkema L, Waghray A, Heimberg G, Kobayashi Y, Vaishnav E, Subramanian A, Smillie C, Jagadeesh K, Duong E, Fiskin E, Torlai Triglia E, Ansari M, Cai P, Lin B, Buchanan J, Chen S, Shu J, Haber A, Chung H, Montoro D, Adams T, Aliee H, Allon S, Andrusivova Z, Angelidis I, Ashenberg O, Bassler K, Bécavin C, Benhar I, Bergenstråhle J, Bergenstråhle L, Bolt L, Braun E, Bui L, Callori S, Chaffin M, Chichelnitskiy E, Chiou J, Conlon T, Cuoco M, Cuomo A, Deprez M, Duclos G, Fine D, Fischer D, Ghazanfar S, Gillich A, Giotti B, Gould J, Guo M, Gutierrez A, Habermann A, Harvey T, He P, Hou X, Hu L, Hu Y, Jaiswal A, Ji L, Jiang P, Kapellos T, Kuo C, Larsson L, Leney-Greene M, Lim K, Litviňuková M, Ludwig L, Lukassen S, Luo W, Maatz H, Madissoon E, Mamanova L, Manakongtreecheep K, Leroy S, Mayr C, Mbano I, McAdams A, Nabhan A, Nyquist S, Penland L, Poirion O, Poli S, Qi C, Queen R, Reichart D, Rosas I, Schupp J, Shea C, Shi X, Sinha R, Sit R, Slowikowski K, Slyper M, Smith N, Sountoulidis A, Strunz M, Sullivan T, Sun D, Talavera-López C, Tan P, Tantivit J, Travaglini K, Tucker N, Vernon K, Wadsworth M, Waldman J, Wang X, Xu K, Yan W, Zhao W, Ziegler C. Single-cell meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes across tissues and demographics. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 546-559. PMID: 33654293, PMCID: PMC9469728, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-01227-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlveolar Epithelial CellsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Cathepsin LCOVID-19Datasets as TopicDemographyFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLungMaleMiddle AgedOrgan SpecificityRespiratory SystemSARS-CoV-2Sequence Analysis, RNASerine EndopeptidasesSingle-Cell AnalysisVirus InternalizationConceptsSingle-cell RNA-sequencing studiesRNA-sequencing studiesSpecific expression patternsExpression programsKey immune functionsExpression patternsSARS-CoV-2 entry genesSpecific expressionAlveolar type 2 cellsMolecular pathwaysLung parenchyma samplesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmissionDifferent tissuesCellular entryGenesRespiratory epithelial cellsAirway secretory cellsSecretory cellsTumor necrosis factorEntry genesExpression levelsType 2 cellsEpithelial cellsGut tissueSpecific subset