[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

Comparative cellular analysis of motor cortex in human, marmoset and mouse

TE Bakken, NL Jorstad, Q Hu, BB Lake, W Tian… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The primary motor cortex (M1) is essential for voluntary fine-motor control and is functionally
conserved across mammals. Here, using high-throughput transcriptomic and epigenomic …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

WE Allen, TR Blosser, ZA Sullivan, C Dulac, X Zhuang - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The diversity and complex organization of cells in the brain have hindered systematic
characterization of age-related changes in its cellular and molecular architecture, limiting …

A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex

Principal manuscript editors, Analysis coordination… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Here we report the generation of a multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian
primary motor cortex as the initial product of the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network …

Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

M Zhang, X Pan, W Jung, AR Halpern, SW Eichhorn… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In mammalian brains, millions to billions of cells form complex interaction networks to enable
a wide range of functions. The enormous diversity and intricate organization of cells have …

Inflammation from peripheral organs to the brain: how does systemic inflammation cause neuroinflammation?

Y Sun, Y Koyama, S Shimada - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As inflammation in the brain contributes to several neurological and psychiatric diseases,
the cause of neuroinflammation is being widely studied. The causes of neuroinflammation …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

Single-cell sequencing of brain cell transcriptomes and epigenomes

EJ Armand, J Li, F Xie, C Luo, EA Mukamel - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Single-cell sequencing technologies, including transcriptomic and epigenomic assays, are
transforming our understanding of the cellular building blocks of neural circuits. By directly …

The neurovasculome: key roles in brain health and cognitive impairment: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

C Iadecola, EE Smith, J Anrather, C Gu, A Mishra… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Preservation of brain health has emerged as a leading public health priority for
the aging world population. Advances in neurovascular biology have revealed an intricate …