Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of the tumor ecosystems underlying initiation and progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma

  • Weilin Pu,
  • Xiao Shi,
  • Pengcheng Yu,
  • Meiying Zhang,
  • Zhiyan Liu,
  • Licheng Tan,
  • Peizhen Han,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Dongmei Ji,
  • Hualei Gan,
  • Wenjun Wei,
  • Zhongwu Lu,
  • Ning Qu,
  • Jiaqian Hu,
  • Xiaohua Hu,
  • Zaili Luo,
  • Huajun Li,
  • Qinghai Ji,
  • Jiucun Wang,
  • Xiaoming Zhang,
  • Yu-Long Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26343-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The characterisation of the papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) tumour microenvironment remains crucial. Here, the authors perform single-cell RNA sequencing in 11 patients and identify potential opportunities for the use of immunotherapy and its combination with anti-angiogenic therapy in PTC.