Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myeloid-derived adipocyte progenitors in murine skin wounds

  • Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez,
  • Priya H. Dedhia,
  • Suoqin Jin,
  • Rolando Ruiz-Vega,
  • Dennis Ma,
  • Yuchen Liu,
  • Kosuke Yamaga,
  • Olga Shestova,
  • Denise L. Gay,
  • Zaixin Yang,
  • Kai Kessenbrock,
  • Qing Nie,
  • Warren S. Pear,
  • George Cotsarelis,
  • Maksim V. Plikus

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08247-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The diversity of fibroblasts contributing to wound healing is unclear. Here, the authors use single-cell RNA-sequencing to identify heterogeneity among murine fibroblasts in the wound and find that recruited myeloid cells contribute to adipocyte regeneration during healing.