[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Single-cell atlases: shared and tissue-specific cell types across human organs

R Elmentaite, C Domínguez Conde, L Yang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics methods was instrumental in the
conception of the Human Cell Atlas initiative, which aims to generate an integrated map of …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

Z Yao, CTJ van Velthoven, M Kunst, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian brain consists of millions to billions of cells that are organized into many cell
types with specific spatial distribution patterns and structural and functional properties …

Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

M Zhang, X Pan, W Jung, AR Halpern, SW Eichhorn… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In mammalian brains, millions to billions of cells form complex interaction networks to enable
a wide range of functions. The enormous diversity and intricate organization of cells have …

Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell ty** of Drosophila

P Schlegel, Y Yin, AS Bates, S Dorkenwald, K Eichler… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has emerged as a key model organism in
neuroscience, in large part due to the concentration of collaboratively generated molecular …

Bacterial droplet-based single-cell RNA-seq reveals antibiotic-associated heterogeneous cellular states

P Ma, HM Amemiya, LL He, SJ Gandhi, R Nicol… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
We introduce BacDrop, a highly scalable technology for bacterial single-cell RNA
sequencing that has overcome many challenges hindering the development of scRNA-seq …

Molecular landscapes of human hippocampal immature neurons across lifespan

Y Zhou, Y Su, S Li, BC Kennedy, DY Zhang, AM Bond… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Immature dentate granule cells (imGCs) arising from adult hippocampal neurogenesis
contribute to plasticity and unique brain functions in rodents, and are dysregulated in …

Spatially organized multicellular immune hubs in human colorectal cancer

K Pelka, M Hofree, JH Chen, S Sarkizova, JD Pirl… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Immune responses to cancer are highly variable, with mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd)
tumors exhibiting more anti-tumor immunity than mismatch repair-proficient (MMRp) tumors …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex by MERFISH

M Zhang, SW Eichhorn, B Zingg, Z Yao, K Cotter… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
A mammalian brain is composed of numerous cell types organized in an intricate manner to
form functional neural circuits. Single-cell RNA sequencing allows systematic identification …

Proper acquisition of cell class identity in organoids allows definition of fate specification programs of the human cerebral cortex

A Uzquiano, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni, B Paulsen… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Realizing the full utility of brain organoids to study human development requires
understanding whether organoids precisely replicate endogenous cellular and molecular …