Omics · study · 2026
Stromal TNF–NFκB signaling impairs acinar differentiation through inflammation-driven epithelial–stromal crosstalk in chimeric salivary gland organoids
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Salivary gland organoids enable long-term epithelial expansion but lack stromal compartments that regulate glandular differentiation in vivo.
Description
Here, we developed chimeric salivary gland organoids (cSGOs) by layering embryonic day 13 stromal cells over postnatal day 1 epithelial organoids. cSGOs incorporated fibroblasts, immune cells, endothelial cells, and neuronal populations while preserving acino-ductal architecture.
Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed that stromal fibroblasts supply FGF ligands supporting epithelial proliferation, yet acinar differentiation remained stalled. Pseudotime and pathway analyses identified TNF-NFκB signaling from stromal immune cells as selectively enriched in proacinar cells. Dexamethasone suppressed this inflammatory axis, expanded the proacinar population, and restored acinar marker expression.
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Direct NFκB inhibition with BAY11-7082 phenocopied the glucocorticoid effect, implicating epithelial NFκB as a stromal-derived inflammatory checkpoint limiting acinar maturation. These findings support a mechanistic link between stromal inflammation and impaired acinar differentiation and identify a candidate signaling node for therapeutic intervention.
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Get the data
- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE326nnn/GSE326172 ↗
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Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE326172 ↗
landing page · from NCBI GEO
Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1444078 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1444078 ↗
project · from NCBI GEO
Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Mus musculus
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- RNA sequencing 75% · Sequencing 75% · Single-cell RNA sequencing 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE326172 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:sequencing | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:single-cell-rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |