Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Pan-cancer single-cell analysis reveals the heterogeneity and plasticity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment

  • Han Luo,
  • Xuyang Xia,
  • Li-Bin Huang,
  • Hyunsu An,
  • Minyuan Cao,
  • Gyeong Dae Kim,
  • Hai-Ning Chen,
  • Wei-Han Zhang,
  • Yang Shu,
  • Xiangyu Kong,
  • Zhixiang Ren,
  • Pei-Heng Li,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Huairong Tang,
  • Ronghao Sun,
  • Chao Li,
  • Bing Bai,
  • Weiguo Jia,
  • Yi Liu,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Li Yang,
  • Yong Peng,
  • Lunzhi Dai,
  • Hongbo Hu,
  • Yong Jiang,
  • Yiguo Hu,
  • Jingqiang Zhu,
  • Hong Jiang,
  • Zhihui Li,
  • Carlos Caulin,
  • Jihwan Park,
  • Heng Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34395-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a predominant and critical component of the tumour microenvironment. Here, the authors integrate and analyse single-cell RNA-seq data of CAFs across 10 common solid cancer types, identifying their plasticity and interactions with other cell types.