Applications of single-cell RNA sequencing in drug discovery and development

B Van de Sande, JS Lee, E Mutasa-Gottgens… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies, particularly single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) methods,
together with associated computational tools and the growing availability of public data …

Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics

Q Zeng, M Mousa, AS Nadukkandy, L Franssens… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Anti-angiogenic therapies (AATs) are used to treat different types of cancers. However, their
success is limited owing to insufficient efficacy and resistance. Recently, single-cell omics …

A spatially resolved atlas of the human lung characterizes a gland-associated immune niche

E Madissoon, AJ Oliver, V Kleshchevnikov… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell transcriptomics has allowed unprecedented resolution of cell types/states in the
human lung, but their spatial context is less well defined. To (re) define tissue architecture of …

Single-cell RNA sequencing unifies developmental programs of esophageal and gastric intestinal metaplasia

K Nowicki-Osuch, L Zhuang, TS Cheung, EL Black… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Intestinal metaplasia in the esophagus (Barrett's esophagus IM, or BE-IM) and stomach
(GIM) are considered precursors for esophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma, respectively …

Kyoto international consensus report on anatomy, pathophysiology and clinical significance of the gastro-oesophageal junction

K Sugano, SJ Spechler, EM El-Omar, KEL McColl… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective An international meeting was organised to develop consensus on (1) the
landmarks to define the gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ),(2) the occurrence and …

Improving outcomes in patients with oesophageal cancer

MA Shah, N Altorki, P Patel, S Harrison… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The care of patients with oesophageal cancer or of individuals who have an elevated risk of
oesophageal cancer has changed dramatically. The epidemiology of squamous cell and …

Spatiotemporal genomic profiling of intestinal metaplasia reveals clonal dynamics of gastric cancer progression

KK Huang, H Ma, RHH Chong, T Uchihara, BSX Lian… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a pre-malignant condition of the gastric mucosa associated with
increased gastric cancer (GC) risk. Analyzing 1,256 gastric samples (1,152 IMs) across 692 …

[HTML][HTML] Deterministic evolution and stringent selection during preneoplasia

K Karlsson, MJ Przybilla, E Kotler, A Khan, H Xu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The earliest events during human tumour initiation, although poorly characterized, may hold
clues to malignancy detection and prevention. Here we model occult preneoplasia by …

Mechanisms and pathophysiology of Barrett oesophagus

RF Souza, SJ Spechler - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Barrett oesophagus, in which a metaplastic columnar mucosa that can predispose
individuals to cancer development lines a portion of the distal oesophagus, is the only …

FINDER: A Fluidly Confined CRISPR‐Based DNA Reporter on Living Cell Membranes for Rapid and Sensitive Cancer Cell Identification

Y Yin, W Xie, M Xiong, Y Gao, Q Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The accurate, rapid, and sensitive identification of cancer cells in complex physiological
environments is significant in biological studies, personalized medicine, and biomedical …