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Aging increases cell-to-cell transcriptional variability upon immune stimulation

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Martinez-Jimenez, Celia Pilar, Eling, Nils, Chen, Hung-Chang, Vallejos, Catalina A., Kolodziejczyk, Aleksandra A., Connor, Frances, Stojic, Lovorka, Rayner, Timothy F. +5 more·2017·Science

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Single-cell sequencing of mouse immune cells reveals how aging destabilizes a conserved transcriptional activation program.

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  • Single-cell resolution studies showed elevated cell-to-cell transcriptional variability in the activation program of CD4 T cells and in leukocytes from lungs of old mice.

    “Only recently, studies performed at a single-cell resolution showed elevated cell-to-cell transcriptional variability in the activation program of CD4 T cells (16) and in leukocytes from lungs of old mice (17).”
  • Genes up-regulated in young cells were associated with a naïve phenotype (e.g., Lef1, Ccr7, Dapl1).

    “Differential expression analysis revealed that while genes up-regulated in young cells [ln(fold change) > 0.4, adjusted P < 10−3] were associated with a naïve phenotype [e.g., Lef1, Ccr7, and Dapl1 genes (16)]”
  • Single cell RNA sequencing studies show greater cell-to-cell variability in gene expression in human T cells and pancreatic cells, as well as differences in cellular mutation rates with age.

    “These observations are supported by a rapidly growing number of single cell RNA sequencing studies showing greater cell-to-cell variability in gene expression in human T cells and pancreatic cells, as well as differences in cellular mutation rates with age.47,48”

    From Asynchronous, contagious and digital aging (2021) · cites this paper as [47]

  • The findings underline the sensitivity and power of single-cell transcriptomics to reveal differences in cell identities and changes within individual cell types under different treatments and conditions, including organismal aging.

    “Our findings, in agreement with recent studies, underline the sensitivity and power of single-cell transcriptomics not only to reveal differences in cell identities, but also to reveal changes within individual cell types under different treatments and conditions 23,26,27,70 , including organismal aging 59,60 .”

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Martinez-Jimenez, C. P., Eling, N., Chen, H.-C., Vallejos, C. A., Kolodziejczyk, A. A., Connor, F., Stojic, L., Rayner, T. F., Stubbington, M. J. T., Teichmann, S. A., de la Roche, M., Marioni, J. C., & Odom, D. T.
Affiliations
  • University of Cambridge, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
  • European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Eling, Nils
  • Marioni, John C.
  • Odom, Duncan T.
Venue
Science
Published
2017-03-31
Volume
355
Issue
6332
Pages
1433-1436
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2602673171
Cited by
339
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 18
FWCI
13.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo
Funders
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (award286825)
  • Wellcome Trust (award286826, WT098051, award301140, WT107609)
  • Cancer Research UK (award301139, 22231, award286828, 20412)
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (award301142)
  • European Research Council (award301138, 615584, award286829, 260507)
  • Medical Research Council (award286827)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
cellular aging, T cells, immune activation, transcriptomic heterogeneity, gene expression regulation, cross-species comparison, immunosenescence
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Immunologic Memory, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Genetic Variation, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cellular Senescence, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome

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