Impaired local intrinsic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection in severe COVID-19

CGK Ziegler, VN Miao, AH Owings, AW Navia, Y Tang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause severe respiratory COVID-19. However, many individuals
present with isolated upper respiratory symptoms, suggesting potential to constrain viral …

[HTML][HTML] Platforms for elucidating antibiotic resistance in single genomes and complex metagenomes

CL Gupta, RK Tiwari, E Cytryn - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance (AR) facilitated by the vertical and/or horizontal transfer
of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), is a serious global health challenge. While …

Microplastics accumulate fungal pathogens in terrestrial ecosystems

G Gkoutselis, S Rohrbach, J Harjes, M Obst… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Microplastic (MP) is a pervasive pollutant in nature that is colonised by diverse groups of
microbes, including potentially pathogenic species. Fungi have been largely neglected in …

Computational approaches for interpreting sc RNA‐seq data

R Rostom, V Svensson, SA Teichmann, G Kar - FEBS letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The recent developments in high‐throughput single‐cell RNA sequencing technology (sc
RNA‐seq) have enabled the generation of vast amounts of transcriptomic data at cellular …

Genome assemblies of 11 bamboo species highlight diversification induced by dynamic subgenome dominance

PF Ma, YL Liu, C Guo, G **, ZH Guo, L Mao… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Polyploidy (genome duplication) is a pivotal force in evolution. However, the interactions
between parental genomes in a polyploid nucleus, frequently involving subgenome …

Assessing vertebrate biodiversity in a kelp forest ecosystem using environmental DNA

JA Port, JL O'Donnell, OC Romero‐Maraccini… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Preserving biodiversity is a global challenge requiring data on species' distribution and
abundance over large geographic and temporal scales. However, traditional methods to …

IL7 genetic variation and toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma

CA Taylor, RA Watson, O Tong, W Ye, I Nassiri… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) frequently triggers immune-
related adverse events (irAEs), causing considerable morbidity. In 214 patients receiving …

Parallel evolution of cannabinoid biosynthesis

P Berman, LA de Haro, A Jozwiak, S Panda, Z Pinkas… - Nature plants, 2023 - nature.com
Modulation of the endocannabinoid system is projected to have therapeutic potential in
almost all human diseases. Accordingly, the high demand for novel cannabinoids stimulates …

Sequences enriched in Alu repeats drive nuclear localization of long RNAs in human cells

Y Lubelsky, I Ulitsky - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as key parts of multiple cellular pathways,
but their modes of action and how these are dictated by sequence remain unclear. lncRNAs …

Evolution and host-specific adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A Weimann, AM Dinan, C Ruis, A Bernut, S Pont… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The major human bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes multidrug-resistant
infections in people with underlying immunodeficiencies or structural lung diseases such as …