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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Identifying Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Lipocalin-2 as Therapeutic Targets for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.

Changmeng Zhang, Haoyun Li, Hongfei Wang, Liangyu Shi, Ying Shing Chan, Yu Wang, Graham Ka Hon Shea

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Changmeng ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0787-8276
Haoyun LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Hongfei WangDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Liangyu ShiDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ying Shing ChanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yu WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Graham Ka Hon SheaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-371X

Funding

HKAM-HKGI Research Excellence Grant in Genomic Medicine 2023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is a hallmark of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) characterized by immune cell infiltration and cytokine secretion. Stage-specific transcriptomic analyses of IVDD via single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) have primarily focused on nucleus pulposus cell phenotypes but not immune subpopulations. In other disease contexts, integrating genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with scRNA-seq data has provided insights on pathomechanisms in relation to specific cellular subpopulations via single-cell disease relevance scores (scDRS). However, such an approach remains to be applied to IVDD. Here, the stage- specific analysis of IVDD in relation to Pfirrmann grading revealed a key transition in immune cells from a preponderance of LCN2

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Intervertebral Disc DegenerationLipocalin-2Myeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsAnimalsFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInflammationMacrophagesMaleMiceLCN2 protein, humanLipocalin-2genome‐wide association studyintervertebral disc degenerationLipocalin‐2myeloid‐derived suppressor cellsingle‐cell RNA sequencing

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PMID40570207
PMCPMC12442675

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