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Single-cell sequencing reveals the expansion and diversity of T cell subsets in the bone marrow microenvironment of chronic myeloid leukemia

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Single-cell sequencing reveals the expansion and diversity of T cell subsets in the bone marrow microenvironment of chronic myeloid leukemia

Zhuo Chenjian
Dong Xin
Zhao Xueya
Wu Weiru
Zhou Hao
Feng Jing
Liu Lingbo
Feng Mingqian
He Chunjiang
Hou Yu
Genes & Diseases第12卷, 第5期纸质出版 2025-09-01在线发表 2025-04-04
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The immune microenvironment plays an important role in leukemia treatment. However, a specific single-cell profiling of the immune alteration in bone marrow of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients is still lacking. We performed multi-level single-cell sequencing to systematically decipher the bone marrow T cell atlas of CML patients. The results exhibited extensive changes of T cells, including the decreased CD4 T cells and increased CD8 T cells in the CML bone marrow. Subpopulation analysis revealed a significant increase of CD8 terminal effector (TE) cells and a significant decrease of CD4 naïve T cells. T cell receptor sequencing showed that the overall diversity of the T cell receptor repertoire was reduced in CML, with the exception of the CD8 TE cell. In addition, CD8 TE cells were the main source of gene expression differences in CD8 T cells. Intercellular communication analysis revealed the altered interaction between CD8 TE and other non-T cells in CML, including neutrophil subtype, indicating the potential regulation of bone marrow microenvironment cells on CD8 TE dynamics. Collectively, our work characterises the alteration of T cell subsets in CML patients at multiple single-cell levels, providing a valuable resource for understanding the immune microenvironment and developing new immune strategies for CML therapy.

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