Intra- and Inter-cellular Rewiring of the Human Colon during Ulcerative Colitis.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed risk alleles for ulcerative colitis (UC). To understand their cell type specificities and pathways of action, we generate an atlas of 366,650 cells from the colon mucosa of 18 UC patients and 12 healthy individuals, revealing 51 epithelial, stromal, and immune cell subsets, including BEST4⁺ enterocytes, microfold-like cells, and IL13RA2⁺IL11⁺ inflammatory fibroblasts, which we associate with resistance to anti-TNF treatment. Inflammatory fibroblasts, inflammatory monocytes, microfold-like cells, and T cells that co-express CD8 and IL-17 expand with disease, forming intercellular interaction hubs. Many UC risk genes are cell type specific and co-regulated within relatively few gene modules, suggesting conv

SUBMITTER: Smillie CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662628 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature