Fig. 2

Fig. 2 Identification of motile thyrocytes by scRNA-seq from the developing mice thyroid tissues.

a Dot plot of thyroid specification (marked in black) and function related genes (marked in red) expression in thyrocytes at each time point. b Dot plot of cellular adhesion and motility related genes expressed in thyrocytes at each time point in postnatal mice thyroid tissues (left axis). c Representative images and statistical assessment showing the percentage of Vimentin positive thyrocytes (stained by NKX2-1) from postnatal day 5 to 30 mice thyroid tissues. d Representative images, and statistical assessment showing the MCAM positive thyrocytes in postnatal day 5 and 30 mice thyroid tissues by using IF staining. e Representative images, and statistical assessment of RNA-scope analysis of map4k4 positive thyrocytes (stained by Pax8 as a marker for thyrocyte) from postnatal day 5 to 30 mice thyroid tissues. f UMAP of TFC and split by time point. Cells are colored and annotated by cell subtype. g Bar plot shown the proportion of TFC subtypes among all TFC at each time point examined. h GO enrichment analysis of the DEGs that specifically enriched in TFC-1 and TFC-2 subtype respectively. i KEGG analysis of the DEGs distinguishing the TFC-1 subtypes. j Analysis of “HALLMARK_TNFA_SIGNALING_VIA_NFKB” gene set between TFC-1 and TFC-2 cells by GSEA software, the NES and FDR P value were shown. k Dot plot of TNF-α-NF-κB pathway genes expression in TFC cluster at each time point in postnatal mice thyroid tissues. For (a, b and k), color of dots represents z-scored of the gene expression level, and size of dots represents percent of TFC with at least one UMI detected per gene. In (c, d and e), Scale bar, 50 μm. n = 6 biologically independent samples. Data are shown as mean ± SD. Statistical significance was determined by One-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. In (h and i), P value was determined by Benjamini-Hochberg-adjusted one-sided hypergeometric test. Source data are provided as a Source data file.