Table 1 Single-cell profiling of major human organs and tissues.

From: An era of single-cell genomics consortia

Systems

Organs/tissues

Notes

References

Hematopoietic and immune system

Blood

Discovery of new types of blood cells

95

  

Hematopoietic differentiation

96

  

Immune cell atlas (review)

97

Nervous system

Brain

Transcriptional and epigenetic states

98

  

Human and mouse cortex

51

  

Alzheimer’s disease

31,32

  

Autism

99

Urinary system

Kidney

Single-nucleus RNA-seq pipeline

100

  

Lupus nephritis

101

  

Spatiotemporal immune topology

102

Respiratory system

Lung

Lung cell atlas (review)

103

  

Asthma

104

  

Pulmonary fibrosis

105

 

Trachea

Discovery of pulmonary “ionocytes”

106

Hepatopancreatic–biliary

Liver

Liver cell atlas

107

 

Pancreas

Pancreas cell atlas

108

Gastrointestinal system

Colon

Ulcerative colitis

109

 

Small intestine

Crohn’s disease

110

Cardiovascular system

Heart

Stress-related lincRNA

111

Developmental biology

Fetal kidney

Progenitor cell dynamics and lineage

112

 

Fetal liver

Fetal liver hematopoiesis

113

 

Fetal heart

Autoimmune-associated congenital heart block

114

 

Maternal–fetal interface

Trophoblast–decidual interactions

27

Pediatric

 

Pediatric cell atlas (review)

115

Reproductive system

Breast

Breast epithelial cells

116

 

Testis

Testis cell atlas

117

Sensory system

Eye

Retina cell atlas

118,119