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Immunol."],"abstract":"<jats:p>The pathophysiological mechanisms, especially the roles of immune cells, underlying early stages of severe burn injury have not yet been fully clarified. Here, we analyzed circulating neutrophils (PMNs) in healthy donors and early burned patients by single-cell RNA sequencing to provide a comprehensive transcriptional landscape of PMNs in heterogeneity and functional multiplicity. Circulating PMNs in the healthy donors and burned groups were divided into five subgroups (G3, G4, G5a, G5b, G5c) with different functions. The dominant subsets of PMNs in homeostasis and burn injury significantly differed between groups. In addition, cells in the same subpopulation had the same core identity markers but performed different functions in healthy and burned states. Under burned conditions, PMN activation was very evident and accompanied by clear degranulation and metabolic abnormalities. 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