Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Single cell transcriptomic analysis of HPV16-infected epithelium identifies a keratinocyte subpopulation implicated in cancer

  • Mary C. Bedard,
  • Tafadzwa Chihanga,
  • Adrean Carlile,
  • Robert Jackson,
  • Marion G. Brusadelli,
  • Denis Lee,
  • Andrew VonHandorf,
  • Mark Rochman,
  • Phillip J. Dexheimer,
  • Jeffrey Chalmers,
  • Gerard Nuovo,
  • Maria Lehn,
  • David E. J. Williams,
  • Aditi Kulkarni,
  • Molly Carey,
  • Amanda Jackson,
  • Caroline Billingsley,
  • Alice Tang,
  • Chad Zender,
  • Yash Patil,
  • Trisha M. Wise-Draper,
  • Thomas J. Herzog,
  • Robert L. Ferris,
  • Ady Kendler,
  • Bruce J. Aronow,
  • Matthew Kofron,
  • Marc E. Rothenberg,
  • Matthew T. Weirauch,
  • Koenraad Van Doorslaer,
  • Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp,
  • Paul F. Lambert,
  • Mike Adam,
  • S. Steven Potter,
  • Susanne I. Wells

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37377-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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The role of keratinocyte subpopulations in the different phases of the viral cycle during HPV16 infection remains to be characterised. Here, single cell RNA sequencing of HPV16 infected and uninfected organoids identifies 12 distinct keratinocyte populations including an HPV-reprogrammed keratinocyte subpopulation that is linked to cancer.