Pseudotime dynamics of T cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma inform distinct functional states within the regulatory and cytotoxic T cells

Autor: Ashwin Jainarayanan, Nithishwer Mouroug-Anand, Edward H. Arbe-Barnes, Adam J. Bush, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Adam Frampton, Lara Heij, Mark Middleton, Michael L. Dustin, Enas Abu-Shah, Shivan Sivakumar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 106324- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106324
Popis: Summary: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the deadliest types of cancer and has a 5-year survival of less than 8% owing to its complex biology. As PDAC is refractory to immunotherapy, we need to understand the functional dynamics of T cells in the PDAC microenvironment to develop alternative therapeutic strategies. In this study, we performed RNA velocity-based pseudotime analysis on a scRNA-seq dataset from surgically resected human PDAC specimens to gain insight into temporal gene expression patterns that best characterize the cell fates. The tumor microenvironment was seen to encompass a range of terminal states for the T cell trajectories with suppressive and non-tumor-responsive T cells dominating them. However, the results also reveal the existence of a functional branch of the T cell population that was not transitioning to exhausted and senescent states. These findings reveal various microenvironmental signals driving T cell patterns which can be useful in identifying new therapeutic avenues.
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