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 …

Roles of tumor-associated macrophages in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for solid cancers

H Zhang, L Liu, J Liu, P Dang, S Hu, W Yuan, Z Sun… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has made significant progress. However, tumor
immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors) …

scGPT: toward building a foundation model for single-cell multi-omics using generative AI

H Cui, C Wang, H Maan, K Pang, F Luo, N Duan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Generative pretrained models have achieved remarkable success in various domains such
as language and computer vision. Specifically, the combination of large-scale diverse …

An introduction to spatial transcriptomics for biomedical research

CG Williams, HJ Lee, T Asatsuma, R Vento-Tormo… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Single-cell transcriptomics (scRNA-seq) has become essential for biomedical research over
the past decade, particularly in developmental biology, cancer, immunology, and …

Molecular mechanisms of environmental exposures and human disease

H Wu, CM Eckhardt, AA Baccarelli - Nature reviews genetics, 2023 - nature.com
A substantial proportion of disease risk for common complex disorders is attributable to
environmental exposures and pollutants. An appreciation of how environmental pollutants …

Protein-based biological materials: molecular design and artificial production

A Miserez, J Yu, P Mohammadi - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Cross-tissue immune cell analysis reveals tissue-specific features in humans

C Domínguez Conde, C Xu, LB Jarvis, DB Rainbow… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Despite their crucial role in health and disease, our knowledge of immune cells within
human tissues remains limited. We surveyed the immune compartment of 16 tissues from 12 …

FlyBase: a guided tour of highlighted features

LS Gramates, J Agapite, H Attrill, BR Calvi… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
FlyBase provides a centralized resource for the genetic and genomic data of Drosophila
melanogaster. As FlyBase enters our fourth decade of service to the research community …

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 …

From bulk, single-cell to spatial RNA sequencing

X Li, CY Wang - International journal of oral science, 2021 - nature.com
RNA sequencing (RNAseq) can reveal gene fusions, splicing variants, mutations/indels in
addition to differential gene expression, thus providing a more complete genetic picture than …