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. 2022 Jan 28;13:571. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28142-w

Fig. 6. Single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of healing bone fractures.

Fig. 6

a Preparation of non-haematopoietic stromal cells from PFD14 and control bone for scRNA-seq analysis. b UMAP plots showing colour-coded cell clusters from control and PFD14 bone. Cell types and numbers per cluster are displayed on the right. ce Heatmap showing the top 5 marker genes for each cluster (c). Feature blots showing markers for non-haematopoietic bone cells: Acan—chondrocytes (CHO); Igfbp6—fibroblasts (FB); Pdgfrb—bone mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs); Col22a1—osteoblast lineage cells (OBs); Emcn—ECs; Rgs5—Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) (d). Comparison of marker gene expression in PFD14 and control samples (e). Haematopoietic cells (HCs-1,2,3,4). f, g UMAP plots showing colour-coded BMSC subclusters from control and PFD14 bone (f). Fabp5 and Mmp9 expressing cells are increased in PFD14 samples (g). h, i UMAP plot showing mpMSCs and SCs in the control and PFD14 mpMSC subcluster (h). Fracture-derived SCs show higher expression of Mmp9 and Fabp5 (i).