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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Commensal Microbes Amplify Sex-Specific Immune Programming in the Murine Lung.

Alexandra Melton, Krista Ferrari, Joseph P Hoffmann, Kejing Song, Jay K Kolls, Janet E McCombs

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexandra MeltonDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Krista FerrariDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Joseph P HoffmannDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Kejing SongDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Jay K KollsDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Janet E McCombsDepartment of Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Funding

Sex-Based Precision Medicine Research CoreP20GM152305 · NIGMS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI Marie Krousel-Wood, Mark Mondrinos · 2024 to 2026
$8.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM152305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sex-based differences in respiratory disease outcomes are well recognized. However, the underlying immunological mechanisms driving this dimorphism remain incompletely understood. While sex hormones influence immune cell development and function, the role of commensal microbes in shaping sex-specific lung immunity has not been explored. Here, we used single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) and flow cytometry to profile lung immune cells in male and female mice housed under specific pathogen-free (SPF) or germ-free (GF) conditions. Under SPF conditions, males exhibited a striking myeloid bias, with increased monocytes and macrophages, along with broad upregulation of inflammatory mediators, including

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Lung ImmunityMicrobiotaMyeloid CellsNatural Killer CellsSex DifferencesSingle-Cell RNA SequencingT Cells

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PMID41648295
PMCPMC12871843

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