Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis in a mouse model deciphers cell transition states in the multistep development of esophageal cancer

  • Jiacheng Yao,
  • Qionghua Cui,
  • Wenyi Fan,
  • Yuling Ma,
  • Yamei Chen,
  • Tianyuan Liu,
  • Xiannian Zhang,
  • Yiyi Xi,
  • Chengcheng Wang,
  • Linna Peng,
  • Yingying Luo,
  • Ai Lin,
  • Wenjia Guo,
  • Lin Lin,
  • Yuan Lin,
  • Wen Tan,
  • Dongxin Lin,
  • Chen Wu,
  • Jianbin Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17492-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The multistep processes involved in the evolution of inflammation to invasive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is unclear. Here, the authors report a mouse model of ESCC and the role of interplay between carcinogen-transformed epithelial cells and their microenvironment in ESCC development.