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. 2023 Nov 21;14:7578. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43039-y

Fig. 5. Single-cell RNA seq identifies decreased angiogenesis genes in EC subpopulations of Bmpr2-deleted mice following reoxygenation.

Fig. 5

a Scheme of study design. The right lungs of tamoxifen inducible EC-Bmpr2-/- (n = 3 mice) or control mice (n = 4 mice) after reoxygenation were harvested, pooled, and enzymatically digested to obtain single-cell suspensions. Pulmonary endothelial cells (CD45- CD31+ cells) were collected using magnetic beads and analyzed by 10X single-cell RNA sequencing. Schema created with BioRender.com. b Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) of tdTomato+ traced lung EC in EC-Bmpr2-/- and control mice following reoxygenation (n = 27,828 cells). Pulmonary EC (CD45-CD31+ cells) were selected using magnetic beads and single-cell RNA seq performed on tdTomato-positive cells (tdTomato gene expression > 0). EC clusters were identified using EC subpopulation markers: Ednrb for aerocytes; Bmx for artery EC; Aplnr for general capillary (gCap); Prox1 for Lymphatic EC; Slc6a2 for Vein EC. Numbers of cells in each subtype: Aerocytes, n = 3574 cells; Artery EC, n = 1798 cells; gCap, n = 17,920 cells; Lymphatic EC, n = 724 cells; Vein EC, n = 3812 cells. c Violin plots of the expression of the EC subpopulation markers Ednrb, Bmx, Aplnr, Prox1 and Slc6a2. a.u., arbitrary units. d UMAP in (a), separated to control (left; n = 15,359 cells) and EC-Bmpr2-/- (right; n = 12,469 cells) mice. Numbers of cells in control mice: Aerocytes, n = 2232 cells; artery EC, n = 882 cells; gCap, n = 10,616 cells; Lymphatic EC, n = 324 cells; Vein EC, n = 1305 cells. Numbers of cells in EC-Bmpr2-/- mice: Aerocytes, n = 1342 cells; artery EC, n = 916 cells; gCap, n = 7304 cells; Lymphatic EC, n = 400 cells; Vein EC, n = 2507 cells. e. UMAP of angiogenesis genes colored by expression levels in EC-Bmpr2-/- or control mice following reoxygenation. Color scale: Purple, high expression; white, low expression. f Violin plots showing expression of angiogenesis genes in each pulmonary EC subpopulation of EC-Bmpr2-/- or control mice following reoxygenation. a.u., arbitrary units. P values are determined by 2-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test. ns, not significant. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.