Unravelling cellular relationships during development and regeneration using genetic lineage tracing

CS Baron, A van Oudenaarden - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Tracking the progeny of single cells is necessary for building lineage trees that recapitulate
processes such as embryonic development and stem cell differentiation. In classical lineage …

Recording development with single cell dynamic lineage tracing

A McKenna, JA Gagnon - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Every animal grows from a single fertilized egg into an intricate network of cell types and
organ systems. This process is captured in a lineage tree: a diagram of every cell's ancestry …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

[HTML][HTML] MethylNet: an automated and modular deep learning approach for DNA methylation analysis

JJ Levy, AJ Titus, CL Petersen, Y Chen, LA Salas… - BMC …, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA methylation (DNAm) is an epigenetic regulator of gene expression
programs that can be altered by environmental exposures, aging, and in pathogenesis …

Lineage tracing in human tissues

C Gabbutt, NA Wright, AM Baker… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamical process of cell division that underpins homeostasis in the human body
cannot be directly observed in vivo, but instead is measurable from the pattern of somatic …

[HTML][HTML] Immune profiles and DNA methylation alterations related with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer outcomes

JQ Chen, LA Salas, JK Wiencke, DC Koestler… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients receive frequent
monitoring because≥ 70% will have recurrent disease. However, screening is invasive …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical deconvolution for extensive cell type resolution in the human brain using DNA methylation

Z Zhang, JK Wiencke, KT Kelsey, DC Koestler… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The human brain comprises heterogeneous cell types whose composition can
be altered with physiological and pathological conditions. New approaches to discern the …

Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell‐type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks

Z Zhang, SR Reynolds, HG Stolrow, JQ Chen… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is a significant risk factor for various human disorders, and DNA methylation clocks
have emerged as powerful tools for estimating biological age and predicting health‐related …

A transdisciplinary approach to understand the epigenetic basis of race/ethnicity health disparities

LA Salas, LC Peres, ZM Thayer, RWA Smith, Y Guo… - …, 2021 - Future Medicine
Health disparities correspond to differences in disease burden and mortality among socially
defined population groups. Such disparities may emerge according to race/ethnicity …

[HTML][HTML] Down syndrome altered cell composition in blood, brain, and buccal swab samples profiled by DNA-methylation-based cell-type deconvolution

Z Zhang, HG Stolrow, BC Christensen, LA Salas - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 that
presents developmental dysfunction and intellectual disability. To better understand the …