Profiling human brain vascular cells using single-cell transcriptomics and organoids

Elizabeth E. Crouch, Loukas N. Diafos, Edward J. Valenzuela, Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh, Janeth Ochoa Birrueta, Jaela Caston, Tara Joseph, Madeline G. Andrews, Aparna Bhaduri, Eric J. Huang

Published: 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00929-1

organoids

single-cell transcriptomics

vascular cells

FACS purification

neurovascular interactions

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