Department of Systems Biology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Nature. 2023 Aug;620(7972):181-191. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06252-9. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
The adult human breast is comprised of an intricate network of epithelial ducts and lobules that are embedded in connective and adipose tissue. Although most previous studies have focused on the breast epithelial system, many of the non-epithelial cell types remain understudied. Here we constructed the comprehensive Human Breast Cell Atlas (HBCA) at single-cell and spatial resolution. Our single-cell transcriptomics study profiled 714,331 cells from 126 women, and 117,346 nuclei from 20 women, identifying 12 major cell types and 58 biological cell states. These data reveal abundant perivascular, endothelial and immune cell populations, and highly diverse luminal epithelial cell states. Spatial mapping using four different technologies revealed an unexpectedly rich ecosystem of tissue-resident immune cells, as well as distinct molecular differences between ductal and lobular regions. Collectively, these data provide a reference of the adult normal breast tissue for studying mammary biology and diseases such as breast cancer.
成人乳房由复杂的上皮导管和小叶网络组成,这些结构嵌入在结缔组织和脂肪组织中。尽管之前的大多数研究都集中在乳腺上皮系统上,但许多非上皮细胞类型仍未得到充分研究。在这里,我们以单细胞和空间分辨率构建了全面的人类乳腺细胞图谱(HBCA)。我们的单细胞转录组学研究对 126 名女性的 714,331 个细胞和 20 名女性的 117,346 个核进行了分析,确定了 12 种主要细胞类型和 58 种生物学细胞状态。这些数据揭示了丰富的血管周围、内皮和免疫细胞群体,以及高度多样化的腔上皮细胞状态。使用四种不同技术进行的空间映射揭示了一个意想不到的丰富的组织驻留免疫细胞生态系统,以及导管和小叶区域之间的明显分子差异。总的来说,这些数据为研究乳腺生物学和乳腺癌等疾病提供了成人正常乳腺组织的参考。
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