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CELL
卷 183, 期 2, 页码 377-+出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.040
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- National Medical Research Council (NMRC, Singapore) grant [TCR15Jun2006]
- BMRC IAF-PP [H1701a0003]
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) core funds
- HFSP Long Term Fellowship
- NMRC [OFYIRG18nov-0056]
We employed scRNA sequencing to extensively characterize the cellular landscape of human liver from development to disease. Analysis of similar to 212,000 cells representing human fetal, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mouse liver revealed remarkable fetal-like reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment. Specifically, the HCC ecosystem displayed features reminiscent of fetal development, including re-emergence of fetal-associated endothelial cells (PLVAP/VEGFR2) and fetal-like (FOLR2) tumor-associated macrophages. In a cross-species comparative analysis, we discovered remarkable similarity between mouse embryonic, fetal-liver, and tumor macrophages. Spatial transcriptomics further revealed a shared onco-fetal ecosystem between fetal liver and HCC. Furthermore, gene regulatory analysis, spatial transcriptomics, and in vitro functional assays implicated VEGF and NOTCH signaling in maintaining onco-fetal ecosystem. Taken together, we report a shared immunosuppressive onco-fetal ecosystem in fetal liver and HCC. Our results unravel a previously unexplored onco-fetal reprogramming of the tumor ecosystem, provide novel targets for therapeutic interventions in HCC, and open avenues for identifying similar paradigms in other cancers and disease.
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