[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 …

Applications of single-cell RNA sequencing in drug discovery and development

B Van de Sande, JS Lee, E Mutasa-Gottgens… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies, particularly single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) methods,
together with associated computational tools and the growing availability of public data …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

Z Yao, CTJ van Velthoven, M Kunst, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian brain consists of millions to billions of cells that are organized into many cell
types with specific spatial distribution patterns and structural and functional properties …

Transcriptomic diversity of cell types across the adult human brain

K Siletti, R Hodge, A Mossi Albiach, KW Lee, SL Ding… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The human brain directs complex behaviors, ranging from fine motor skills to abstract
intelligence, but the diversity of cell types that support these skills has not been fully …

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

The molecular cytoarchitecture of the adult mouse brain

J Langlieb, NS Sachdev, KS Balderrama, NM Nadaf… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The function of the mammalian brain relies upon the specification and spatial positioning of
diversely specialized cell types. Yet, the molecular identities of the cell types and their …

Early Alzheimer's disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states

V Gazestani, T Kamath, NM Nadaf, A Dougalis… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cellular perturbations underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) are primarily studied in human
postmortem samples and model organisms. Here, we generated a single-nucleus atlas from …

Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight

JW Vogel, N Corriveau-Lecavalier… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are the most common cause of dementia. Although their
underlying molecular pathologies have been identified, there is substantial heterogeneity in …

Advancing cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases

S Temple - Cell stem cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cell-based therapies are being developed for various neurodegenerative diseases that
affect the central nervous system (CNS). Concomitantly, the roles of individual cell types in …

Neuroinflammation: An astrocyte perspective

HG Lee, JH Lee, LE Flausino… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that play active roles
in health and disease. Recent technologies have uncovered the functional heterogeneity of …