Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis highlights origin and pathological process of human endometrioid endometrial carcinoma

  • Xiaojun Ren,
  • Jianqing Liang,
  • Yiming Zhang,
  • Ning Jiang,
  • Yuhui Xu,
  • Mengdi Qiu,
  • Yiqin Wang,
  • Bing Zhao,
  • Xiaojun Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33982-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Many aspects of the tumourigenesis of endometrioid endometrial cancers (EEC) are still poorly understood. Here, the authors use single-cell transcriptomics to characterise EEC tumours and their microenvironment across different stages, and reveal potential cells of origin for EEC.