A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

J Teng, Y Gao, H Yin, Z Bai, S Liu, H Zeng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) project has been
established to develop a public resource of genetic regulatory variants in livestock, which is …

Endothelial cell heterogeneity and microglia regulons revealed by a pig cell landscape at single-cell level

F Wang, P Ding, X Liang, X Ding, CB Brandt… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pigs are valuable large animal models for biomedical and genetic research, but insights into
the tissue-and cell-type-specific transcriptome and heterogeneity remain limited. By …

Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the pig intestine: T cell and innate lymphoid cell contributions to intestinal barrier immunity

JE Wiarda, CL Loving - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) include T cells and innate lymphoid cells that are
important mediators of intestinal immunity and barrier defense, yet most knowledge of IELs …

Landscape and age dynamics of immune cells in the Egyptian rousette bat

V Friedrichs, C Toussaint, A Schäfer, M Rissmann… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Bats harbor high-impact zoonotic viruses often in the absence of disease manifestation. This
restriction and disease tolerance possibly rely on specific immunological features. In-depth …

γδ T cells in artiodactyls: Focus on swine

L Le Page, CL Baldwin, JC Telfer - Developmental & Comparative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vaccination is the most effective medical strategy for disease prevention but there is a need
to improve livestock vaccine efficacy. Understanding the structure of the immune system of …

Intestinal single-cell atlas reveals novel lymphocytes in pigs with similarities to human cells

JE Wiarda, JM Trachsel… - Life science …, 2022 - life-science-alliance.org
Lymphocytes can heavily influence intestinal health, but resolving intestinal lymphocyte
function is challenging as the intestine contains a vastly heterogeneous mixture of cells. Pigs …

Spatiotemporal immune atlas of a clinical-grade gene-edited pig-to-human kidney xenotransplant

MD Cheung, R Asiimwe, EN Erman, CF Fucile… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pig-to-human xenotransplantation is rapidly approaching the clinical arena; however, it is
unclear which immunomodulatory regimens will effectively control human immune …

Dynamic chromatin architecture of the porcine adipose tissues with weight gain and loss

L Jin, D Wang, J Zhang, P Liu, Y Wang, Y Lin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Using an adult female miniature pig model with diet-induced weight gain/weight loss, we
investigated the regulatory mechanisms of three-dimensional (3D) genome architecture in …

Integrated single-cell RNA-seq and DNA methylation reveal the effects of air pollution in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion

W Zhu, Y Gu, M Li, Z Zhang, J Liu, Y Mao, Q Zhu… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Maternal air pollutants exposure is associated with a number of adverse
pregnancy outcomes, including recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). However, the …

Single-cell analysis reveals lasting immunological consequences of influenza infection and respiratory immunization in the pig lung

A Muir, B Paudyal, S Schmidt… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The pig is a natural host for influenza viruses and integrally involved in virus evolution
through interspecies transmissions between humans and swine. Swine have many …