Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse brain and lung vascular and vessel-associated cell types

Sci Data. 2018 Aug 21:5:180160. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.160.

Abstract

Vascular diseases are major causes of death, yet our understanding of the cellular constituents of blood vessels, including how differences in their gene expression profiles create diversity in vascular structure and function, is limited. In this paper, we describe a single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset that defines vascular and vessel-associated cell types and subtypes in mouse brain and lung. The dataset contains 3,436 single cell transcriptomes from mouse brain, which formed 15 distinct clusters corresponding to cell (sub)types, and another 1,504 single cell transcriptomes from mouse lung, which formed 17 cell clusters. In order to allow user-friendly access to our data, we constructed a searchable database (http://betsholtzlab.org/VascularSingleCells/database.html). Our dataset constitutes a comprehensive molecular atlas of vascular and vessel-associated cell types in the mouse brain and lung, and as such provides a strong foundation for future studies of vascular development and diseases.

Publication types

  • Dataset
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Vessels* / cytology
  • Blood Vessels* / physiology
  • Brain / blood supply*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Endothelial Cells / physiology
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Mice
  • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / physiology
  • Pericytes / physiology
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Single-Cell Analysis
  • Transcriptome*

Associated data

  • figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4077260