Pathogenesis of autoimmune disease

DS Pisetsky - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Autoimmune diseases are a diverse group of conditions characterized by aberrant B cell
and T cell reactivity to normal constituents of the host. These diseases occur widely and …

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 …

The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology

RJF Loos, GSH Yeo - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The prevalence of obesity has tripled over the past four decades, imposing an enormous
burden on people's health. Polygenic (or common) obesity and rare, severe, early-onset …

DNA methylation QTL map** across diverse human tissues provides molecular links between genetic variation and complex traits

M Oliva, K Demanelis, Y Lu, M Chernoff, F Jasmine… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies of DNA methylation (DNAm) in solid human tissues are relatively scarce; tissue-
specific characterization of DNAm is needed to understand its role in gene regulation and its …

Exaggerated false positives by popular differential expression methods when analyzing human population samples

Y Li, X Ge, F Peng, W Li, JJ Li - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
When identifying differentially expressed genes between two conditions using human
population RNA-seq samples, we found a phenomenon by permutation analysis: two …

Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function

G Eraslan, E Drokhlyansky, S Anand, E Fiskin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding gene function and regulation in homeostasis and disease requires
knowledge of the cellular and tissue contexts in which genes are expressed. Here, we …

Identification of non-coding silencer elements and their regulation of gene expression

B Pang, JH van Weerd, FL Hamoen… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-and differentiation-specific gene expression is precisely controlled by genomic non-
coding regulatory elements (NCREs), which include promoters, enhancers, silencers and …

Advances in AI and machine learning for predictive medicine

A Sharma, A Lysenko, S Jia, KA Boroevich… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - nature.com
The field of omics, driven by advances in high-throughput sequencing, faces a data
explosion. This abundance of data offers unprecedented opportunities for predictive …

Implementing whole genome sequencing (WGS) in clinical practice: advantages, challenges, and future perspectives

P Brlek, L Bulić, M Bračić, P Projić, V Škaro, N Shah… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
The integration of whole genome sequencing (WGS) into all aspects of modern medicine
represents the next step in the evolution of healthcare. Using this technology, scientists and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular breeding and drought tolerance in chickpea

R Asati, MK Tripathi, S Tiwari, RK Yadav, N Tripathi - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it
belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants …