Single‐cell dissection reveals immunosuppressive F13A1+ macrophage as a hallmark for multiple primary lung cancers

Chenglin Yang, Jiahao Qu, Jingting Wu, Songhua Cai, Wenyi Liu, Youjun Deng, Yiran Meng, Liuqing Zheng, Lishen Zhang, Li Wang, Xiaotong Guo · 2024

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Multiple separate lung cancers carry a distinctive immune cell signature, Chenglin Yang and co-authors report in a 2024 study. Multiple primary lung cancers are increasingly common and challenge current diagnosis and management. The molecular mechanisms behind them, and how they differ from a single primary cancer, remained largely unexplored. Immune landscapes were a natural place to look for that difference.

Single-cell RNA sequencing compared tumor and nearby tissue from both patient groups. The two cancer types shared large similarities in genetic, transcriptomic, and immune profiles, suggesting common treatments may apply. One immunosuppressive macrophage subtype, marked by the F13A1 gene, stood out as a hallmark of the multiple-primary form. Staining and external data sets confirmed the findings. Oncologists get a candidate marker.

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CREATORChenglin Yang, Jiahao Qu, Jingting Wu, Songhua Cai, Wenyi Liu, Youjun Deng, Yiran Meng, Liuqing Zheng, Lishen Zhang, Li Wang, Xiaotong Guo
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE94 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11600049

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