Abundant pleiotropy in human complex diseases and traits

S Sivakumaran, F Agakov, E Theodoratou… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
We present a systematic review of pleiotropy among SNPs and genes reported to show
genome-wide association with common complex diseases and traits. We find abundant …

Stability and aggregation of ranked gene lists

AL Boulesteix, M Slawski - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Ranked gene lists are highly instable in the sense that similar measures of differential gene
expression may yield very different rankings, and that a small change of the data set usually …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human lung provides insights into the pathobiology of pulmonary fibrosis

PA Reyfman, JM Walter, N Joshi… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The contributions of diverse cell populations in the human lung to pulmonary
fibrosis pathogenesis are poorly understood. Single-cell RNA sequencing can reveal …

The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight

FE Garrett-Bakelman, M Darshi, SJ Green, RC Gur… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION To date, 559 humans have been flown into space, but long-duration (> 300
days) missions are rare (n= 8 total). Long-duration missions that will take humans to Mars …

[HTML][HTML] scDART-seq reveals distinct m6A signatures and mRNA methylation heterogeneity in single cells

M Tegowski, MN Flamand, KD Meyer - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is an abundant RNA modification that plays critical
roles in RNA regulation and cellular function. Global m 6 A profiling has revealed important …

Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages drive lung fibrosis and persist in the lung over the life span

AV Misharin, L Morales-Nebreda… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Little is known about the relative importance of monocyte and tissue-resident macrophages
in the development of lung fibrosis. We show that specific genetic deletion of monocyte …

pH-gated succinate secretion regulates muscle remodeling in response to exercise

A Reddy, LHM Bozi, OK Yaghi, EL Mills, H Xiao… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
In response to skeletal muscle contraction during exercise, paracrine factors coordinate
tissue remodeling, which underlies this healthy adaptation. Here we describe a pH-sensing …

Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

D Erny, AL Hrabě de Angelis, D Jaitin… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
As the tissue macrophages of the CNS, microglia are critically involved in diseases of the
CNS. However, it remains unknown what controls their maturation and activation under …

Molecular and genetic properties of tumors associated with local immune cytolytic activity

MS Rooney, SA Shukla, CJ Wu, G Getz, N Hacohen - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
How the genomic landscape of a tumor shapes and is shaped by anti-tumor immunity has
not been systematically explored. Using large-scale genomic data sets of solid tissue tumor …

[HTML][HTML] A quantitative tissue-specific landscape of protein redox regulation during aging

H Xiao, MP Jedrychowski, DK Schweppe, EL Huttlin… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mammalian tissues engage in specialized physiology that is regulated through reversible
modification of protein cysteine residues by reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS regulate a …