Applications of single-cell sequencing in cancer research: progress and perspectives

Y Lei, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, J Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Single-cell sequencing, including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics and
metabolomics sequencing, is a powerful tool to decipher the cellular and molecular …

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 …

Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

V Trubetskoy, AF Pardiñas, T Qi, G Panagiotaropoulou… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Schizophrenia has a heritability of 60–80%, much of which is attributable to common risk
alleles. Here, in a two-stage genome-wide association study of up to 76,755 individuals with …

Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptome profiling of pancreatic cancer identifies multicellular dynamics associated with neoadjuvant treatment

WL Hwang, KA Jagadeesh, JA Guo, HI Hoffman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal and treatment-refractory
cancer. Molecular stratification in pancreatic cancer remains rudimentary and does not yet …

A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease

DP Wightman, IE Jansen, JE Savage, AA Shadrin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts
for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying …

Dissection of artifactual and confounding glial signatures by single-cell sequencing of mouse and human brain

SE Marsh, AJ Walker, T Kamath, L Dissing-Olesen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A key aspect of nearly all single-cell sequencing experiments is dissociation of intact tissues
into single-cell suspensions. While many protocols have been optimized for optimal cell …

Tau activation of microglial cGAS–IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience

JC Udeochu, S Amin, Y Huang, L Fan, ERS Torres… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) precede clinical symptoms by years,
indicating a period of cognitive resilience before the onset of dementia. Here, we report that …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

WE Allen, TR Blosser, ZA Sullivan, C Dulac, X Zhuang - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The diversity and complex organization of cells in the brain have hindered systematic
characterization of age-related changes in its cellular and molecular architecture, limiting …

Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS

R de Ceglia, A Ledonne, DG Litvin, BL Lind, G Carriero… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Multimodal astrocyte–neuron communications govern brain circuitry assembly and function.
For example, through rapid glutamate release, astrocytes can control excitability, plasticity …

A microbiome-dependent gut–brain pathway regulates motivation for exercise

L Dohnalová, P Lundgren, JRE Carty, N Goldstein… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Exercise exerts a wide range of beneficial effects for healthy physiology 1. However, the
mechanisms regulating an individual's motivation to engage in physical activity remain …