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Cells of the human intestinal tract mapped across space and time

Elmentaite, R; Kumasaka, N; Roberts, K; Fleming, A; Dann, E; King, HW; Kleshchevnikov, V; ... Teichmann, SA; + view all (2021) Cells of the human intestinal tract mapped across space and time. Nature , 597 (7875) pp. 250-255. 10.1038/s41586-021-03852-1. Green open access

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Abstract

The cellular landscape of the human intestinal tract is dynamic throughout life, developing in utero and changing in response to functional requirements and environmental exposures. Here, to comprehensively map cell lineages, we use single-cell RNA sequencing and antigen receptor analysis of almost half a million cells from up to 5 anatomical regions in the developing and up to 11 distinct anatomical regions in the healthy paediatric and adult human gut. This reveals the existence of transcriptionally distinct BEST4 epithelial cells throughout the human intestinal tract. Furthermore, we implicate IgG sensing as a function of intestinal tuft cells. We describe neural cell populations in the developing enteric nervous system, and predict cell-type-specific expression of genes associated with Hirschsprung’s disease. Finally, using a systems approach, we identify key cell players that drive the formation of secondary lymphoid tissue in early human development. We show that these programs are adopted in inflammatory bowel disease to recruit and retain immune cells at the site of inflammation. This catalogue of intestinal cells will provide new insights into cellular programs in development, homeostasis and disease.

Type: Article
Title: Cells of the human intestinal tract mapped across space and time
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03852-1
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03852-1
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134211
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