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A prenatal skin atlas reveals immune regulation of human skin morphogenesis

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Gopee, Nusayhah Hudaa, Winheim, Elena, Olabi, Bayanne, Admane, Chloe, Foster, April Rose, Huang, Ni, Botting, Rachel A., Torabi, Fereshteh +63 more·2024·Nature

Abstract

. The SkO model closely recapitulated in vivo skin epidermal and dermal cell types during hair follicle development and expression of genes implicated in the pathogenesis of genetic hair and skin disorders. However, the SkO model lacked immune cells and had markedly reduced endothelial cell heterogeneity and quantity. Our in vivo prenatal skin cell atlas indicated that macrophages and macrophage-derived growth factors have a role in driving endothelial development. Indeed, vascular network remodelling was enhanced following transfer of autologous macrophages derived from induced pluripotent stem cells into SkO cultures. Innate immune cells are therefore key players in skin morphogenesis beyond their conventional role in immunity, a function they achieve through crosstalk with non-immune cells.

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  • The dataset, collected by Jin et al., consists of scratch assays performed on PC-3 prostate cancer cells with varying initial confluence prior to the scratch.

    “The dataset, collected by Jin et al.,8 consists of scratch assays performed on PC-3 prostate cancer cells with varying initial confluence prior to the scratch.”

    From Inference of weak-form partial differential equations describing migration and proliferation mechanisms in wound healing experiments on cancer cells (2025) · cites this paper as [8]

    The Methods section, “Scratch wound assay of fibroblasts in co-culture with macrophages” (page unavailable), describes assays using skin-organoid-derived fibroblasts and macrophages, not PC-3 prostate cancer cells. It specifies a 5:1 seeding ratio and does not describe varying initial confluence. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • By estimating parameters for these models, past work has helped identify quantitative effects of biological perturbations in scratch assays.

    “By estimating parameters for these models, past work has helped identify quantitative effects of biological perturbations in scratch assays8,10,11.”

    From Inference of weak-form partial differential equations describing migration and proliferation mechanisms in wound healing experiments on cancer cells (2025) · cites this paper as [8]

    The ‘Scarless healing and potential macrophage contribution’ section reports that macrophage co-culture improved scratch wound-width closure over 72 hours, supporting a measured effect of a biological perturbation. The Methods section says the scratch images were analysed with an ImageJ macro and two-way ANOVA; it does not describe estimating parameters of a scratch-assay model to identify that effect. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Vascular-immune interactions were primarily inferred from histological proximity, flow cytometry and gene-expression patterns.

    “Moreover, vascular-immune interactions were primarily inferred from histological proximity, flow cytometry and gene-expression patterns; spatial transcriptomics and single-cell multiomics approaches will be valuable for elucidating cell-type-specific crosstalk at single-cell resolution 54,55 .”

    From Vascularized human skin assembloids model compartmental skin organization and immune responsiveness in vitro (2026) · cites this paper as [55]

    In “Macrophages support prenatal skin angiogenesis” (page unavailable), the paper uses staining to show macrophages near endothelial cells and gene-expression analyses to predict interactions. But it also reports spatial transcriptomic analysis and co-culture angiogenesis experiments; the Methods describe flow cytometry as phenotyping macrophages before co-culture, not as the primary basis for inferring vascular–immune interactions. The claim therefore omits important evidence and mischaracterizes flow cytometry’s role. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • hiPSC-derived skin organoids have hair follicles, pigmentation, dermal stratification, appendage patterning, and innervation.

    “Recent advances in human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology have enabled the generation of skin organoids (SKO) with hair follicles, pigmentation, dermal stratification, appendage patterning, and innervation.[ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]”

    From Coordinated Development of Immune Cell Populations in Vascularized Skin Organoids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (2025) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Single-cell atlas of human prenatal skin section (page not supplied) says the stem-cell-derived skin organoid model recapitulates prenatal hair-follicle components, neural cells and dermal fibroblasts, and contains melanocytes. The paper does not establish pigmentation, dermal stratification, appendage patterning or innervation as organoid features; neural cells and melanocytes alone do not demonstrate innervation or pigmentation. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Previous human SKO models were devoid of vascularization and immune cells.

    “Previous human SKO models were devoid of vascularization and immune cells.[ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 59 ]”

    From Coordinated Development of Immune Cell Populations in Vascularized Skin Organoids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (2025) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Single-cell atlas of human prenatal skin section says the SkO model lacked immune cells, supporting that part of the claim. It says endothelial cells were markedly reduced, not absent; the Macrophages support prenatal skin angiogenesis section also describes SkO endothelial cells. The source therefore does not support saying these models were devoid of vascularization. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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Gopee, N. H., Winheim, E., Olabi, B., Admane, C., Foster, A. R., Huang, N., Botting, R. A., Torabi, F., Sumanaweera, D., Le, A. P., Kim, J., Verger, L., Stephenson, E., Adão, D., Ganier, C., Gim, K. Y., Serdy, S. A., Deakin, C., Goh, I., Steele, L., Annusver, K., Miah, M.-U., Tun, W. M., Moghimi, P., Kwakwa, K. A., Li, T., Basurto Lozada, D., Rumney, B., Tudor, C. L., Roberts, K., Chipampe, N.-J., Sidhpura, K., Englebert, J., Jardine, L., Reynolds, G., Rose, A., Rowe, V., Pritchard, S., Mulas, I., Fletcher, J., Popescu, D.-M., Poyner, E., Dubois, A., Guy, A., Filby, A., Lisgo, S., Barker, R. A., Glass, I. A., Park, J.-E., Vento-Tormo, R., Nikolova, M. T., He, P., Lawrence, J. E. G., Moore, J., Ballereau, S., Hale, C. B., Shanmugiah, V., Horsfall, D., Rajan, N., McGrath, J. A., O’Toole, E. A., Treutlein, B., Bayraktar, O., Kasper, M., Progatzky, F., Mazin, P., Lee, J., Gambardella, L., Koehler, K. R., Teichmann, S. A., & Haniffa, M.
Affiliations
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • Newcastle University (GB)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Guy's Hospital (GB)
  • Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (GB)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • German BioImaging – Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse (DE)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Koehler, Karl R.
  • Teichmann, Sarah A.
  • Haniffa, Muzlifah
Venue
Nature
Published
2024-10-16
Volume
635
Issue
8039
Pages
679-689
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W4403450831
Cited by
108
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 44 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 11 · 2016: 1
FWCI
50.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research ((NIHR203312)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/W015625/1)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01AR075018, R01AR083139)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD000836)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Keywords
skin morphogenesis, immune regulation, macrophages, endothelial development, hair follicle development, induced pluripotent stem cells, innate immune cells, skin diseases
MeSH terms
Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Multiomics, Adult, Atlases as Topic, Female, Fetus, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Macrophages, Morphogenesis, Organoids, Skin, Skin Diseases, Wound Healing, Hair Follicle, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Endothelial Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome

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