Tuft cells: context-and tissue-specific programming for a conserved cell lineage

ME Kotas, CE O'Leary… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Tuft cells are found in tissues with distinct stem cell compartments, tissue architecture, and
luminal exposures but converge on a shared transcriptional program, including expression …

Tissue‐resident memory T cells and lung immunopathology

IS Cheon, YM Son, J Sun - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid reaction to microbes invading mucosal tissues is key to protect the host against
disease. Respiratory tissue‐resident memory T (TRM) cells provide superior immunity …

A nasal cell atlas reveals heterogeneity of tuft cells and their role in directing olfactory stem cell proliferation

S Ualiyeva, E Lemire, C Wong, A Perniss… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The olfactory neuroepithelium serves as a sensory organ for odors and forms part of the
nasal mucosal barrier. Olfactory sensory neurons are surrounded and supported by …

Viral infection induces inflammatory signals that coordinate YAP regulation of dysplastic cells in lung alveoli

X Lin, W Chen, G Yang, J Zhang, H Wang, Z Liu… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Severe viral pneumonia can induce rapid expansion of KRT5+ basal-like cells in small
airways and alveoli; this forms a scar-like structure that persists in the injured alveoli and …

Small cells–big issues: biological implications and preclinical advancements in small cell lung cancer

A Solta, B Ernhofer, K Boettiger, Z Megyesfalvi… - Molecular cancer, 2024 - Springer
Current treatment guidelines refer to small cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the deadliest
human malignancies, as a homogeneous disease. Accordingly, SCLC therapy comprises …

Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health

JB Silverman, PN Vega, MJ Tyska… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Tuft cells are a rare and morphologically distinct chemosensory cell type found throughout
many organs, including the gastrointestinal tract. These cells were identified by their unique …

Enteric tuft cells coordinate timely expulsion of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta from the murine host by coordinating local but not systemic immunity

S Rajeev, SH Li, A Leon-Coria, A Wang… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Recognizing that enteric tuft cells can signal the presence of nematode parasites, we
investigated whether tuft cells are required for the expulsion of the cestode, Hymenolepis …

Chemosensory cells in the respiratory tract as crucial regulators of innate immune responses

MI Hollenhorst, G Krasteva‐Christ - The Journal of Physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During recent years chemosensory cells in extraoral tissues have been established as
mediators for the detection and regulation of innate immune processes in response to …

Intestinal tuft cell immune privilege enables norovirus persistence

MS Strine, E Fagerberg, PW Darcy, GM Barrón… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The persistent murine norovirus strain MNVCR6 is a model for human norovirus and enteric
viral persistence. MNVCR6 causes chronic infection by directly infecting intestinal tuft cells …

Overloading And unpacKing (OAK)-droplet-based combinatorial indexing for ultra-high throughput single-cell multiomic profiling

B Wu, HM Bennett, X Ye, A Sridhar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiomic profiling of single cells by sequencing is a powerful technique for investigating
cellular diversity. Existing droplet-based microfluidic methods produce many cell-free …