Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Single-cell RNA landscape of intratumoral heterogeneity and immunosuppressive microenvironment in advanced osteosarcoma

  • Yan Zhou,
  • Dong Yang,
  • Qingcheng Yang,
  • Xiaobin Lv,
  • Wentao Huang,
  • Zhenhua Zhou,
  • Yaling Wang,
  • Zhichang Zhang,
  • Ting Yuan,
  • Xiaomin Ding,
  • Lina Tang,
  • Jianjun Zhang,
  • Junyi Yin,
  • Yujing Huang,
  • Wenxi Yu,
  • Yonggang Wang,
  • Chenliang Zhou,
  • Yang Su,
  • Aina He,
  • Yuanjue Sun,
  • Zan Shen,
  • Binzhi Qian,
  • Wei Meng,
  • Jia Fei,
  • Yang Yao,
  • Xinghua Pan,
  • Peizhan Chen,
  • Haiyan Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20059-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Osteosarcomas are difficult to treat and have a limited response to immunotherapy. Here, the authors analyse osteosarcomas at the single-cell level, and identify both the transdifferentiation of malignant cells and an array of immune cells that could have implications for metastasis and immunotherapy.