Applications of Single-Cell Sequencing in Airway Inflammatory Diseases: Progress and Perspectives

Abstract

Airway inflammatory diseases include allergic rhinitis (AR), chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), bronchial asthma (BA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Single-cell sequencing (SCS), as a powerful tool for revealing cellular and molecular landscapes at single-cell resolution, which has revealed many of the intrinsic biological features and dynamics of airway inflammation, viral infections and other pathologies, as well as constructing immune landscapes of health and disease states. We reviewed the literature focusing on the past several years have focused on using SCS technology increased our understanding of the airway immune cell landscape of airway diseases, including CRS, AR, BA, COPD, IPF, as well as the landscape of airway immune cells in healthy and pathological conditions. We also have elucidated the role of a subset of T cells, myeloid cell, basophils and mast cells in airway diseases revealed by SCS. Meanwhile we also highlighted the use of SCS to explore the potential mechanisms of immune cell interactions.