Tumour heterogeneity and intercellular networks of nasopharyngeal carcinoma at single cell resolution.

ABSTRACT: The heterogeneous nature of tumour microenvironment (TME) underlying diverse treatment responses remains unclear in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here, we profile 176,447 cells from 10 NPC tumour-blood pairs, using single-cell transcriptome coupled with T cell receptor sequencing. Our analyses reveal 53 cell subtypes, including tumour-infiltrating CD8⁺ T, regulatory T (Treg), and dendritic cells (DCs), as well as malignant cells with different Epstein-Barr virus infection status. Trajectory analyses reveal exhausted CD8⁺ T and immune-suppressive TNFRSF4⁺ Treg cells in tumours might derive from peripheral CX3CR1⁺CD8⁺ T and naïve Treg cells, respectively. Moreover, we identify immune-regulatory and tolerogenic LAMP3⁺ DCs. No

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854640 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature