Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Single-cell atlases: shared and tissue-specific cell types across human organs

R Elmentaite, C Domínguez Conde, L Yang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics methods was instrumental in the
conception of the Human Cell Atlas initiative, which aims to generate an integrated map of …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-omics single-cell data integration and regulatory inference with graph-linked embedding

ZJ Cao, G Gao - Nature Biotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the emergence of experimental methods for simultaneous measurement of multiple
omics modalities in single cells, most single-cell datasets include only one modality. A major …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic device with brain extracellular matrix promotes structural and functional maturation of human brain organoids

AN Cho, Y Jin, Y An, J Kim, YS Choi, JS Lee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Brain organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells provide a highly valuable in vitro
model to recapitulate human brain development and neurological diseases. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation

J Joung, S Ma, T Tay, KR Geiger-Schuller… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene programs, thereby controlling diverse cellular
processes and cell states. To comprehensively understand TFs and the programs they …

[HTML][HTML] hdWGCNA identifies co-expression networks in high-dimensional transcriptomics data

S Morabito, F Reese, N Rahimzadeh, E Miyoshi… - Cell reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Biological systems are immensely complex, organized into a multi-scale hierarchy of
functional units based on tightly regulated interactions between distinct molecules, cells …

[HTML][HTML] Development of prefrontal cortex

SM Kolk, P Rakic - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
During evolution, the cerebral cortex advances by increasing in surface and the introduction
of new cytoarchitectonic areas among which the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered to be …

Modeling idiopathic autism in forebrain organoids reveals an imbalance of excitatory cortical neuron subtypes during early neurogenesis

A Jourdon, F Wu, J Mariani, D Capauto, S Norton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Idiopathic autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is highly heterogeneous, and it remains unclear
how convergent biological processes in affected individuals may give rise to symptoms …

Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain

G La Manno, K Siletti, A Furlan, D Gyllborg, E Vinsland… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The mammalian brain develops through a complex interplay of spatial cues generated by
diffusible morphogens, cell–cell interactions and intrinsic genetic programs that result in …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin and gene-regulatory dynamics of the developing human cerebral cortex at single-cell resolution

AE Trevino, F Müller, J Andersen, L Sundaram… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Genetic perturbations of cortical development can lead to neurodevelopmental disease,
including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To identify genomic regions crucial to …