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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Distinct populations of lung capillary endothelial cells and their functional significance.

Joel James, Aleksandr Dekan, Sedat Kacar, Maki Niihori, Takanori Sano, Nolan McClain, Mathews Varghese, Dinesh Bharti, Odunayo Susan Lawal, Marco Padilla-Rodrigez and 7 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Joel James *Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Aleksandr Dekan *Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1672-5035
Sedat Kacar *Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0671-8529
Maki NiihoriDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Takanori SanoDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Nolan McClainDepartment of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Mathews VargheseDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Dinesh BhartiDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Odunayo Susan LawalDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Marco Padilla-RodrigezDepartment of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Dan YiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2614-5027
Huanling GaoDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Robert S TepperDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Zhiyu DaiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Oleg GusevIntractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6203-9758
Olga RafikovaDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Ruslan RafikovDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA. rrafikov@iu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-4076

Funding

Pulmonary Hypertension Breakthrough InitiativeR24HL123767 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ALDRED, MICHEALA A, ERZURUM, SERPIL C. · 2014 to 2017
$10.1M
Anaplerotic reprogramming of endothelial cells in pulmonary hypertension.R01HL132918 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI RAFIKOV, RUSLAN · 2016 to 2025
$4.5M
Hemolysis and Free Heme Signaling in Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL151447 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Ruslan Rafikov · 2020 to 2026
$4.3M
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL160666 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Olga Rafikova · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
Novel alveolar mechanisms of hypoxemia in hepatopulmonary syndromeR01HL169509 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Zhiyu Dai, MICHAEL B FALLON · 2023 to 2026
$3.0M
General Capillary to Arterial Endothelial Cell Transition in Pulmonary ArterialHypertensionR01HL170096 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Zhiyu Dai · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
Role of Endothelial SOX17 Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL158596 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Zhiyu Dai · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Fatty acid-binding proteins sustain endothelial glycolysis and arterial programming in pulmonary arterial hypertensionR01HL162794 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Zhiyu Dai · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
HMGBG1 and Gender Difference in Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionR01HL133085 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI RAFIKOVA, OLGA · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Aminopeptidase N Driven Signaling in the Development of Pulmonary HypertensionK99HL171869 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI JAMES, JOEL · 2024 to 2025
$205k
American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 969574NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL171869NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132918NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133085NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151447NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL158596NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL160666NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162794NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL169509NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL170096NHLBI NIH HHS R24 HL123767U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01HL132918U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01HL151447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of the lung's microcirculation and capillary endothelial cells in normal physiology and the pathobiology of pulmonary diseases is obviously vital. The recent discovery of molecularly distinct aerocytes and general capillary (gCaps) endothelial cells by single-cell transcriptomics (scRNAseq) advanced the field in understanding microcirculatory milieu and cellular communications. However, increasing evidence from different groups indicated the possibility of a more heterogeneous nature of lung capillaries. Therefore, we investigated enriched lung endothelial cells by scRNAseq and identified five novel populations of gCaps with distinct molecular signatures and roles. Our analysis suggests that two major populations of gCaps that express Scn7a(Na

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PMID41449269
PMCPMC12859004

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