Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Dissecting esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma ecosystem by single-cell transcriptomic analysis

  • Xiannian Zhang,
  • Linna Peng,
  • Yingying Luo,
  • Shaosen Zhang,
  • Yang Pu,
  • Yamei Chen,
  • Wenjia Guo,
  • Jiacheng Yao,
  • Mingming Shao,
  • Wenyi Fan,
  • Qionghua Cui,
  • Yiyi Xi,
  • Yanxia Sun,
  • Xiangjie Niu,
  • Xuan Zhao,
  • Liping Chen,
  • Yuqian Wang,
  • Yachen Liu,
  • Xinyu Yang,
  • Chengcheng Wang,
  • Ce Zhong,
  • Wen Tan,
  • Jianbin Wang,
  • Chen Wu,
  • Dongxin Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25539-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas (ESCC) have poor prognosis, and detailed molecular profiles are necessary to identify prognostic markers. Here the authors analyse 60 ESCC patient samples using scRNA-seq, TCR-seq and genomics; they find mucosal immunity markers associated with survival and immunosuppressive microenvironments.