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FOXC2 controls adult lymphatic endothelial specialization, function, and gut lymphatic barrier preventing multiorgan failure

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González-Loyola, Alejandra, Bovay, Esther, Kim, Jaeryung, Lozano, Tania Wyss, Sabine, Amélie, Renevey, Francois, Arroz-Madeira, Silvia, Rapin, Alexis +10 more·2021·Science Advances

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loss skewed the specialization of lymphatic endothelial subsets, leading to populations with mixed, pro-fibrotic identities and to emergence of lymph node-like endothelial cells. Our study uncovers a cross-talk between lymphatic vascular function and commensal microbiota, provides single-cell atlas of lymphatic endothelial subtypes, and reveals organ-specific and systemic effects of dysfunctional lymphatics. These effects potentially contribute to the pathogenesis of diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, or lymphedema.

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  • Single-cell transcriptome analyses of inguinal-axillary collecting LVs from the mouse show multiple clusters of cells with molecular markers delineating cell types: Prox1+ LECs, PDGFRα+ fibroblast-like cells, Myh11+ LMCs, and immune cells.

    “Single-cell transcriptome analyses of inguinal-axillary collecting LVs from the mouse show multiple clusters of cells with molecular markers delineating these cell types: a large cluster of Prox1 + LECs, a heterogeneous cluster of PDGFRα + fibroblast-like cells, a cluster of Myh11 + LMCs, and multiple clusters of immune cells (14, 15).”

    From Transport and Immune Functions of the Lymphatic System. (2025) · cites this paper as [15]

    The Results section, “Single-cell transcriptome analysis defines molecular features of adult LEC functional subsets” (page unavailable), identifies multiple Prox1-expressing LEC clusters, including collecting LECs. But the Single-cell RNA-seq Methods (page unavailable) say the sequenced cells were isolated from mouse mesentery, not inguinal-axillary collecting vessels. The cited passages do not establish the claimed PDGFRα+ fibroblast-like, Myh11+ LMC, or multiple immune-cell clusters. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • The single-cell transcriptome of LECs sorted from murine mesentery reveals an LEC population with 5-6 subclusters segregating into capillary LECs, precollecting/collecting vessel LECs, valve LECs, proliferative LECs, and IFN-responsive LECs, each with characteristic gene profile.

    “The single-cell transcriptome of LECs sorted from murine mesentery reveals an LEC population with 5–6 subclusters segregating into capillary LECs, precollecting/collecting vessel LECs, valve LECs, proliferative LECs, and interferon (IFN)-responsive LECs, each with their own characteristic gene profile (15).”

    From Transport and Immune Functions of the Lymphatic System. (2025) · cites this paper as [15]

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González-Loyola, A., Bovay, E., Kim, J., Lozano, T. W., Sabine, A., Renevey, F., Arroz-Madeira, S., Rapin, A., Wypych, T. P., Rota, G., Durot, S., Velin, D., Marsland, B., Guarda, G., Delorenzi, M., Zamboni, N., Luther, S. A., & Petrova, T. V.
Affiliations
  • Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne, Epalinges 1066, Switzerland.
  • Ludwig Cancer Research (CH)
  • Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges 1066, Switzerland.
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • Monash University (AU)
  • University of Lausanne (CH)
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
  • Institute for Research in Biomedicine (CH)
  • SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
Corresponding author
Petrova, Tatiana V.
Venue
Science Advances
Published
2021-07-16
Volume
7
Issue
29
ISSN
2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3182128200
Cited by
94
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 5
FWCI
5.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection
Funders
  • Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013_317250)
  • Human Frontier Science Program (LT000074/2019-L, LT000633/2020-L)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (CRSII5_177191, 31ER30_160674, 31003A-156266, CRSK-3_190200, CRSII5, 31ER30, 190200, 310030, 185185, 310030_185226/1)
  • Université de Lausanne (LT000074/2019-L)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
Keywords
FOXC2, lymphatic endothelial cells, commensal microbiota, multiple organ failure, single-cell atlas, inflammatory bowel disease, lymphedema
MeSH terms
Endothelium, Lymphatic, Humans, Lymphedema, Lymphatic Vessels, Endothelial Cells, Forkhead Transcription Factors

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