Biology of lung macrophages in health and disease

H Aegerter, BN Lambrecht, CV Jakubzick - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Tissue-resident alveolar and interstitial macrophages and recruited macrophages are critical
players in innate immunity and maintenance of lung homeostasis. Until recently, assessing …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

L Sikkema, C Ramírez-Suástegui, DC Strobl… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have transformed our understanding of human tissues. Yet, studies
typically capture only a limited number of donors and disagree on cell type definitions …

Transfer learning enables predictions in network biology

CV Theodoris, L Xiao, A Chopra, MD Chaffin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mapping gene networks requires large amounts of transcriptomic data to learn the
connections between genes, which impedes discoveries in settings with limited data …

Cross-tissue immune cell analysis reveals tissue-specific features in humans

C Domínguez Conde, C Xu, LB Jarvis, DB Rainbow… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Despite their crucial role in health and disease, our knowledge of immune cells within
human tissues remains limited. We surveyed the immune compartment of 16 tissues from 12 …

A single–cell type transcriptomics map of human tissues

M Karlsson, C Zhang, L Méar, W Zhong, A Digre… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Advances in molecular profiling have opened up the possibility to map the expression of
genes in cells, tissues, and organs in the human body. Here, we combined single-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying disease-critical cell types and cellular processes by integrating single-cell RNA-sequencing and human genetics

KA Jagadeesh, KK Dey, DT Montoro, R Mohan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies provide a powerful means of identifying loci and genes
contributing to disease, but in many cases, the related cell types/states through which genes …

Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor

P Kadur Lakshminarasimha Murthy, V Sontake, A Tata… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Mapping the spatial distribution and molecular identity of constituent cells is essential for
understanding tissue dynamics in health and disease. We lack a comprehensive map of …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva

N Huang, P Pérez, T Kato, Y Mikami, K Okuda… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Despite signs of infection—including taste loss, dry mouth and mucosal lesions such as
ulcerations, enanthema and macules—the involvement of the oral cavity in coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] The basic immunology of asthma

H Hammad, BN Lambrecht - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In many asthmatics, chronic airway inflammation is driven by IL-4-, IL-5-, and IL-13-
producing Th2 cells or ILC2s. Type 2 cytokines promote hallmark features of the disease …