Spatially and functionally distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts revealed by single cell RNA sequencing

oleh: Michael Bartoschek, Nikolay Oskolkov, Matteo Bocci, John Lövrot, Christer Larsson, Mikael Sommarin, Chris D. Madsen, David Lindgren, Gyula Pekar, Göran Karlsson, Markus Ringnér, Jonas Bergh, Åsa Björklund, Kristian Pietras

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-12-01

Deskripsi

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are an important component of the breast tumour microenvironment. Here, single-cell RNA sequencing of CAFs from a mouse model of breast cancer defines three transcriptomically distinct subpopulations with putatively different functions.