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 …

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 …

Cell type specific transcriptomic differences in depression show similar patterns between males and females but implicate distinct cell types and genes

M Maitra, H Mitsuhashi, R Rahimian, A Chawla… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, heterogenous, and potentially serious
psychiatric illness. Diverse brain cell types have been implicated in MDD etiology …

[HTML][HTML] Computational solutions for spatial transcriptomics

I Kleino, P Frolovaitė, T Suomi, LL Elo - Computational and structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transcriptome level expression data connected to the spatial organization of the cells and
molecules would allow a comprehensive understanding of how gene expression is …

Statistical identification of cell type-specific spatially variable genes in spatial transcriptomics

L Shang, P Wu, X Zhou - Nature Communications, 2025 - nature.com
An essential task in spatial transcriptomics is identifying spatially variable genes (SVGs).
Here, we present Celina, a statistical method for systematically detecting cell type-specific …

Spatial transcriptomic technologies

TY Chen, L You, JAU Hardillo, MP Chien - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spatial transcriptomic technologies enable measurement of expression levels of genes
systematically throughout tissue space, deepening our understanding of cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomics: Integrating morphology and molecular mechanisms of kidney diseases

P Isnard, BD Humphreys - The American Journal of Pathology, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent arrival of high-resolution spatial transcriptomics (ST) technologies is generating a
veritable revolution in life sciences, enabling biomolecules to be measured in their native …

Single-cell RNA sequencing to identify cellular heterogeneity and targets in cardiovascular diseases: from bench to bedside

X Xu, X Hua, H Mo, S Hu, J Song - Basic research in cardiology, 2023 - Springer
The mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain incompletely elucidated. Single-
cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has enabled the profiling of single-cell transcriptomes at …

Disparities in spatially variable gene calling highlight the need for benchmarking spatial transcriptomics methods

N Charitakis, A Salim, AT Piers, KI Watt, ER Porrello… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Identifying spatially variable genes (SVGs) is a key step in the analysis of spatially resolved
transcriptomics data. SVGs provide biological insights by defining transcriptomic differences …

Navigating the landscapes of spatial transcriptomics: How computational methods guide the way

R Li, X Chen, X Yang - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spatially resolved transcriptomics has been dramatically transforming biological and
medical research in various fields. It enables transcriptome profiling at single‐cell, multi …