Categorization of lung mesenchymal cells in development and fibrosis

Authors: Xue Liu, Simon C. Rowan, Jiurong Liang, Changfu Yao, Guanling Huang, Nan Deng, Ting Xie, Di Wu, Yizhou Wang, Ankita Burman, Tanyalak Parimon, Zea Borok, Peter Chen, William C. Parks, Cory M. Hogaboam, S. Weigt, John A. Belperio, Barry R. Stripp, Paul W. Noble, Dianhua Jiang - iScience 2021 cited by 87

expression. Subtype selective transcription factors and putative divergence of the clusters during development were described. Comparative analysis revealed orthologous subpopulations with conserved transcriptomic signatures in murine and human lung mesenchymal cells. All mesenchymal subpopulations contributed to matrix gene expression in fibrosis. This analysis would enhance our understanding of mesenchymal cell heterogeneity in lung development, homeostasis and fibrotic disease conditions.