Browsing by Subject "Single-cell sequencing"

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    Acute Communication Between Microglia and Nonparenchymal Immune Cells in the Anti-Aβ Antibody-Injected Cortex
    (Society for Neuroscience, 2025-01-29) Foley, Kate E.; Weekman, Erica M.; Krick, Katelynn E.; Johnson, Sherika N.; Sudduth, Tiffany L.; Wilcock, Donna M.; Neurology, School of Medicine
    Anti-Aβ immunotherapy use to treat Alzheimer's disease is on the rise. While anti-Aβ antibodies provide hope in targeting Aβ plaques in the brain, there still remains a lack of understanding regarding the cellular responses to these antibodies in the brain. In this study, we sought to identify the acute effects of anti-Aβ antibodies on immune responses. To determine cellular changes due to anti-Aβ antibody exposure, we intracranially injected 14 mo APP male and female mice with anti-Aβ IgG1 (6E10) or control IgG1 into the cortex. After 24 h or 3 d, we harvested the cortex and performed a glial cell-enriched preparation for single-cell sequencing. Cell types, proportions, and cell-to-cell signaling were evaluated between the two injection conditions and two acute timepoints. We identified 23 unique cell clusters including microglia, astrocytes, endothelial cells, neurons, oligos/OPCs, immune cells, and unknown. The anti-Aβ antibody-injected cortices revealed more ligand-receptor (L-R) communications between cell types, as well as stronger communications at only 24 h. At 3 d, while there were more L-R communications for the anti-Aβ antibody condition, the strength of these connections was stronger in the control IgG condition. We also found evidence of an initial and strong communication emphasis in microglia-to-nonparenchymal immune cells at 24 h, specifically in the TGFβ signaling pathway. We identify several pathways that are specific to anti-Aβ antibody exposure at acute timepoints. These data lay the groundwork for understanding the brain's unique response to anti-Aβ antibodies.
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    Integrated single-cell sequencing and histopathological analyses reveal diverse injury and repair responses in a participant with acute kidney injury: a clinical-molecular-pathologic correlation
    (Elsevier, 2022) Menon, Rajasree; Bomback, Andrew S.; Lake, Blue B.; Stutzke, Christy; Grewenow, Stephanie M.; Menez, Steven; D’Agati, Vivette D.; Jain, Sanjay; Kidney Precision Medicine Project; Medicine, School of Medicine
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    Multi-modal Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Brain Immune Landscape Plasticity during Aging and Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis
    (Elsevier, 2020-12-01) Golomb, Samantha M.; Guldner, Ian H.; Zhao, Anqi; Wang, Qingfei; Palakurthi, Bhavana; Aleksandrovic, Emilija A.; Lopez, Jacqueline A.; Lee, Shaun W.; Yang, Kai; Zhang, Siyuan; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Phenotypic and functional plasticity of brain immune cells contribute to brain tissue homeostasis and disease. Immune cell plasticity is profoundly influenced by tissue microenvironment cues and systemic factors. Aging and gut microbiota dysbiosis that reshape brain immune cell plasticity and homeostasis has not been fully delineated. Using Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by sequencing (CITE-seq), we analyze compositional and transcriptional changes of the brain immune landscape in response to aging and gut dysbiosis. Discordance between canonical surface-marker-defined immune cell types and their transcriptomes suggest transcriptional plasticity among immune cells. Ly6C+ monocytes predominate a pro-inflammatory signature in the aged brain, while innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) shift toward an ILC2-like profile. Aging increases ILC-like cells expressing a T memory stemness (Tscm) signature, which is reduced through antibiotics-induced gut dysbiosis. Systemic changes due to aging and gut dysbiosis increase propensity for neuroinflammation, providing insights into gut dysbiosis in age-related neurological diseases.