The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication

E Armingol, HM Baghdassarian, NE Lewis - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
No cell lives in a vacuum, and the molecular interactions between cells define most
phenotypes. Transcriptomics provides rich information to infer cell–cell interactions and …

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 …

Modulating the polarization phenotype of microglia–a valuable strategy for central nervous system diseases

Y Long, X Li, J Deng, Q Ye, D Li, Y Ma, Y Wu… - Ageing research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) diseases have become one of the leading causes of death in
the global population. The pathogenesis of CNS diseases is complicated, so it is important …

Development and future of droplet microfluidics

L Nan, H Zhang, DA Weitz, HC Shum - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, advances in droplet-based microfluidics have facilitated new
approaches to process and analyze samples with unprecedented levels of precision and …

LIANA+ provides an all-in-one framework for cell–cell communication inference

D Dimitrov, PSL Schäfer, E Farr, P Rodriguez-Mier… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The growing availability of single-cell and spatially resolved transcriptomics has led to the
development of many approaches to infer cell–cell communication, each capturing only a …

Inflammatory aspects of Alzheimer's disease

P Botella Lucena, MT Heneka - Acta Neuropathologica, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer´ s disease (AD) stands out as the most common chronic neurodegenerative
disorder. AD is characterized by progressive cognitive decline and memory loss, with …

Therapeutic induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance

JE Kenison, NA Stevens, FJ Quintana - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The development of therapeutic approaches for the induction of robust, long-lasting and
antigen-specific immune tolerance remains an important unmet clinical need for the …

Implementation and validation of single-cell genomics experiments in neuroscience

M Colonna, G Konopka, SA Liddelow… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Single-cell or single-nucleus transcriptomics is a powerful tool for identifying cell types and
cell states. However, hypotheses derived from these assays, including gene expression …

The screening, identification, design and clinical application of tumor-specific neoantigens for TCR-T cells

J Li, Z Xiao, D Wang, L Jia, S Nie, X Zeng, W Hu - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Recent advances in neoantigen research have accelerated the development of tumor
immunotherapies, including adoptive cell therapies (ACTs), cancer vaccines and antibody …

Disease-associated astrocyte epigenetic memory promotes CNS pathology

HG Lee, JM Rone, Z Li, CF Akl, SW Shin, JH Lee… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Disease-associated astrocyte subsets contribute to the pathology of neurologic diseases,
including multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis,,,,,,–(EAE), an …