Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Single-cell transcriptional networks in differentiating preadipocytes suggest drivers associated with tissue heterogeneity

  • Alfred K. Ramirez,
  • Simon N. Dankel,
  • Bashir Rastegarpanah,
  • Weikang Cai,
  • Ruidan Xue,
  • Mark Crovella,
  • Yu-Hua Tseng,
  • C. Ronald Kahn,
  • Simon Kasif

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16019-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The origin of the heterogeneity of metabolic and inflammatory profiles exhibited by white adipocytes is little understood. Here, using scRNA-seq and computational methods, the authors show that differentiating preadipocytes exhibit gene expression differences and suggest underlying regulators.