Single-cell RNA-Sequencing of pancreatic and PDAC stromal cells

Most cancers including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are infiltrated by PNS neurons participating in their complex tumor microenvironment. However, their cell bodies and nuclei are located in the para- and pre-vertebral PNS ganglia located far from the tumor mass itself. Thus, molecular information on healthy organ- vs. cancer-infiltrating neurons is currently lacking in any sequencing dataset of healthy or tumor tissue. Here, we specifically isolate fibroblasts, immune, endothelial and PDAC cells and subject them to single-cell RNA-Sequencing using the 10x genomics platform.