Ulcerative Colitis: Novel Epithelial Insights Provided by Single Cell RNA Sequencing.
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Serigado, Joao MFoulke-Abel, Jennifer
Hines, William C
Hanson, Joshua A
In, Julie
Kovbasnjuk, Olga
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2022-04-20Journal
Frontiers in MedicinePublisher
Frontiers Media S.A.Type
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Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract for which a definitive etiology is yet unknown. Both genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in the development of UC. Recently, single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology revealed cell subpopulations contributing to the pathogenesis of UC and brought new insight into the pathways that connect genome to pathology. This review describes key scRNA-seq findings in two major studies by Broad Institute and University of Oxford, investigating the transcriptomic landscape of epithelial cells in UC. We focus on five major findings: (1) the identification of BEST4 + cells, (2) colonic microfold (M) cells, (3) detailed comparison of the transcriptomes of goblet cells, and (4) colonocytes and (5) stem cells in health and disease. In analyzing the two studies, we identify the commonalities and differences in methodologies, results, and conclusions, offering possible explanations, and validated several cell cluster markers. In systematizing the results, we hope to offer a framework that the broad scientific GI community and GI clinicians can use to replicate or corroborate the extensive new findings that RNA-seq offers.Rights/Terms
Copyright © 2022 Serigado, Foulke-Abel, Hines, Hanson, In and Kovbasnjuk.Keyword
Ulcerative Colitiscolonic microfold cells
goblet cells
intestinal epithelium
single cell RNA sequencing
stem cells
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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/18807ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3389/fmed.2022.868508
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