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Single-cell transcriptomes from human kidneys reveal the cellular identity of renal tumors

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Emily StephensonORCiD, Professor Andrew FilbyORCiD, Dr Steven LisgoORCiD, Emerita Professor Susan Lindsay, Professor Muzlifah Haniffa

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Abstract

© 2017 The Authors. Messenger RNA encodes cellular function and phenotype. In the context of human cancer, it defines the identities of malignant cells and the diversity of tumor tissue. We studied 72,501 single-cell transcriptomes of human renal tumors and normal tissue from fetal, pediatric, and adult kidneys.We matched childhood Wilms tumor with specific fetal cell types, thus providing evidence for the hypothesis that Wilms tumor cells are aberrant fetal cells. In adult renal cell carcinoma, we identified a canonical cancer transcriptome that matched a little-known subtype of proximal convoluted tubular cell. Analyses of the tumor composition defined cancer-associated normal cells and delineated a complex vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling circuit. Our findings reveal the precise cellular identities and compositions of human kidney tumors.


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Author(s): Young MD, Mitchell TJ, Vieira Braga FA, Tran MGB, Stewart BJ, Ferdinand JR, Collord G, Botting RA, Popescu D-M, Loudon KW, Vento-Tormo R, Stephenson E, Cagan A, Farndon SJ, Velasco-Herrera MDC, Guzzo C, Richoz N, Mamanova L, Aho T, Armitage JN, Riddick ACP, Mushtaq I, Farrell S, Rampling D, Nicholson J, Filby A, Burge J, Lisgo S, Maxwell PH, Lindsay S, Warren AY, Stewart GD, Sebire N, Coleman N, Haniffa M, Teichmann SA, Clatworthy M, Behjati S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Science

Year: 2018

Volume: 361

Issue: 6402

Pages: 594-599

Print publication date: 10/08/2018

Acceptance date: 02/07/2018

ISSN (print): 0036-8075

ISSN (electronic): 1095-9203

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

URL: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat1699

DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1699


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