RNAi/CRISPR screens: from a pool to a valid hit

A Schuster, H Erasimus, S Fritah, PV Nazarov… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
High-throughput genetic screens interfering with gene expression are invaluable tools to
identify gene function and phenotype-to-genotype interactions. Implementing such screens …

[HTML][HTML] iDEP: an integrated web application for differential expression and pathway analysis of RNA-Seq data

SX Ge, EW Son, R Yao - BMC bioinformatics, 2018 - Springer
Background RNA-seq is widely used for transcriptomic profiling, but the bioinformatics
analysis of resultant data can be time-consuming and challenging, especially for biologists …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell analyses reveal increased intratumoral heterogeneity after the onset of therapy resistance in small-cell lung cancer

CA Stewart, CM Gay, Y Xi, S Sivajothi… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
The natural history of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) includes rapid evolution from
chemosensitivity to chemoresistance, although mechanisms underlying this evolution …

Guidelines for the optimal design of miRNA-based shRNAs

X Bofill-De Ros, S Gu - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is an extremely useful tool for inhibiting gene expression. It can be
triggered by transfected synthetic small interfering RNA (siRNA) or by expressed small …

[HTML][HTML] Profound tissue specificity in proliferation control underlies cancer drivers and aneuploidy patterns

LM Sack, T Davoli, MZ Li, Y Li, Q Xu, K Naxerova… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Genomics has provided a detailed structural description of the cancer genome. Identifying
oncogenic drivers that work primarily through dosage changes is a current challenge …

[HTML][HTML] HBO1 is required for the maintenance of leukaemia stem cells

L MacPherson, J Anokye, MM Yeung, EYN Lam… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by transcriptional
dysregulation that results in a block in differentiation and increased malignant self-renewal …

Estrogen receptor-1 is a key regulator of HIV-1 latency that imparts gender-specific restrictions on the latent reservoir

B Das, C Dobrowolski, B Luttge… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Unbiased shRNA library screens revealed that the estrogen receptor-1 (ESR-1) is a key
factor regulating HIV-1 latency. In both Jurkat T cells and a Th17 primary cell model for HIV-1 …

[HTML][HTML] HIF1A signaling selectively supports proliferation of breast cancer in the brain

RY Ebright, MA Zachariah, DS Micalizzi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Blood-borne metastasis to the brain is a major complication of breast cancer, but cellular
pathways that enable cancer cells to selectively grow in the brain microenvironment are …

Glimma: interactive graphics for gene expression analysis

S Su, CW Law, C Ah-Cann, ML Asselin-Labat… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Summary graphics for RNA-sequencing and microarray gene expression
analyses may contain upwards of tens of thousands of points. Details about certain genes or …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens reveal loss of redundancy between PKMYT1 and WEE1 in glioblastoma stem-like cells

CM Toledo, Y Ding, P Hoellerbauer, RJ Davis… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
To identify therapeutic targets for glioblastoma (GBM), we performed genome-wide CRISPR-
Cas9 knockout (KO) screens in patient-derived GBM stem-like cells (GSCs) and human …