Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of hypopharyngeal epithelial cells of mice
We performed a plate-based scRNA-seq (Smart-seq3) on hypopharyngeal epithelial cells of mice to study rare sensory epithelial cells that synapse with afferent nerves. Such epithelial cells include subsets of POU2F3+ chemosensory cells (PCCs) in various organs. This study represents transcriptome analysis of the mouse hypopharyngeal PCCs and provide new insights into airway protective chemoreflexes.