Single‐cell transcriptomics in human skin research: available technologies, technical considerations and disease applications

G Theocharidis, S Tekkela, A Veves… - Experimental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell technologies have revolutionized research in the last decade, including for skin
biology. Single‐cell RNA sequencing has emerged as a powerful tool allowing the …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of skin organoids: Potential opportunities and challenges

H Sun, YX Zhang, YM Li - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although several types of human skin substitutes are currently available, they usually do not
include important skin appendages such as hair follicles and sweat glands, or various skin …

[HTML][HTML] Human dermal fibroblast subpopulations are conserved across single-cell RNA sequencing studies

AM Ascensión, S Fuertes-Alvarez… - Journal of Investigative …, 2021 - Elsevier
On the basis of their differential location within the dermis and of discrete changes in gene
and protein expression, two major fibroblast subtypes (papillary and reticular) have …

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals aberrant skin-resident cell populations and identifies fibroblasts as a determinant in rosacea

M Chen, L Yang, P Zhou, S Jin, Z Wu, Z Tan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder, whose underlying cellular and molecular
mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we generate a single-cell atlas of facial skin from female …

An optimized tissue dissociation protocol for single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of fresh and cultured human skin biopsies

B Burja, D Paul, A Tastanova, SG Edalat… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We present an optimized dissociation protocol for preparing high-quality skin cell
suspensions for in-depth single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of fresh and …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals the critical molecular pattern of UV-induced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

G Yan, L Li, S Zhu, Y Wu, Y Liu, L Zhu, Z Zhao… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common nonmelanoma
skin cancer characterized by high invasiveness, heterogeneity, and mainly occurs in the …

Applications of single-cell RNA sequencing in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

D Xia, Y Wang, Y Xiao, W Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a novel technology that characterizes
molecular heterogeneity at the single-cell level. With the development of more automated …

Pellino-1 promotes intrinsic activation of skin-resident IL-17A–producing T cells in psoriasis

SH Kim, J Oh, WS Roh, J Park, KB Chung… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Psoriasis is a chronically relapsing inflammatory skin disease primarily
perpetuated by skin-resident IL-17–producing T (T17) cells. Pellino-1 (Peli1) belongs to a …

How “Neuronal” are human skin mast cells?

M Babina, K Franke, G Bal - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mast cells are evolutionarily old cells and the principal effectors in allergic responses and
inflammation. They are seeded from the yolk sac during embryogenesis or are derived from …

Revisiting the significance of keratin expression in complex epithelia

E Cohen, C Johnson, CJ Redmond… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT A large group of keratin genes (n= 54 in the human genome) code for
intermediate filament (IF)-forming proteins and show differential regulation in epithelial cells …