Wei Chen, Bei Jin, Cheng Cheng, Huajing Peng, Xinxin Zhang, Weiping Tan, Ruihan Tang, Xingji Lian, Hui Diao, Ning Luo, Xiaoyan Li, Jinjin Fan, Jian Shi, Changjun Yin, Ji Wang, Sui Peng, Li Yu, Jun Li, Rui-Qi Wu, Dong-Ming Kuang, Guo-Ping Shi, Yi Zhou, Fang Wang, Xiaoyun Jiang
OBJECTIVES: The current work aimed to provide a comprehensive single-cell landscape of lupus nephritis (LN) kidneys, including immune and non-immune cells, identify disease-associated cell populations and unravel their participation within the kidney microenvironment. METHODS: Single-cell RNA and T cell receptor sequencing were performed on renal biopsy tissues from 40 patients with LN and 6 healthy donors as controls. Matched peripheral blood samples from seven LN patients were also sequenced...
January 30, 2024: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases