Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

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 …

A single–cell type transcriptomics map of human tissues

M Karlsson, C Zhang, L Méar, W Zhong, A Digre… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Advances in molecular profiling have opened up the possibility to map the expression of
genes in cells, tissues, and organs in the human body. Here, we combined single-cell …

Cell types of the human retina and its organoids at single-cell resolution

CS Cowan, M Renner, M De Gennaro, B Gross-Scherf… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human organoids recapitulating the cell-type diversity and function of their target organ are
valuable for basic and translational research. We developed light-sensitive human retinal …

Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes drive neuronal death after retinal injury

KA Guttenplan, BK Stafford, RN El-Danaf, DI Adler… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease that features the death of retinal ganglion cells
(RGCs) in the retina, often as a result of prolonged increases in intraocular pressure. We …

Single-cell analysis reveals inflammatory interactions driving macular degeneration

M Kuchroo, M DiStasio, E Song, E Calapkulu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Due to commonalities in pathophysiology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
represents a uniquely accessible model to investigate therapies for neurodegenerative …

Single-cell analysis of human retina identifies evolutionarily conserved and species-specific mechanisms controlling development

Y Lu, F Shiau, W Yi, S Lu, Q Wu, JD Pearson… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
The development of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has allowed high-resolution
analysis of cell-type diversity and transcriptional networks controlling cell-fate specification …

Cell atlas of the human fovea and peripheral retina

W Yan, YR Peng, T van Zyl, A Regev, K Shekhar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Most irreversible blindness results from retinal disease. To advance our understanding of
the etiology of blinding diseases, we used single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of eQTL and a single-cell atlas in the human eye identifies causal genes for age-related macular degeneration

LD Orozco, HH Chen, C Cox, KJ Katschke, R Arceo… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss. To better
understand disease pathogenesis and identify causal genes in GWAS loci for AMD risk, we …