Cell type-specific gene expression dynamics during human brain maturation
biorxiv(2024)
摘要
The human brain undergoes protracted post-natal maturation, guided by dynamic changes in gene expression. To date, studies exploring these processes have used bulk tissue analyses, which mask cell type-specific gene expression dynamics. Here, using single nucleus (sn)RNA-seq on temporal lobe tissue, including samples of African ancestry, we build a joint paediatric and adult atlas of 54 cell subtypes, which we verify with spatial transcriptomics. We explore the differences in cell states between paediatric and adult cell types, revealing the genes and pathways that change during brain maturation. Our results highlight excitatory neuron subtypes, including the LTK and FREM subtypes, that show elevated expression of genes associated with cognition and synaptic plasticity in paediatric tissue. The new resources we present here improve our understanding of the brain during a critical period of its development and contribute to global efforts to build an inclusive cell map of the brain.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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