Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

Ageing and rejuvenation of tissue stem cells and their niches

A Brunet, MA Goodell, TA Rando - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Most adult organs contain regenerative stem cells, often organized in specific niches. Stem
cell function is critical for tissue homeostasis and repair upon injury, and it is dependent on …

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 …

Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb

M Khan, SJ Yoo, M Clijsters, W Backaert, A Vanstapel… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Anosmia, the loss of smell, is a common and often the sole symptom of COVID-19. The onset
of the sequence of pathobiological events leading to olfactory dysfunction remains obscure …

Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

MH Murdock, LH Tsai - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition
of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling …

Molecular mechanism of interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and host cells and interventional therapy

Q Zhang, R **ang, S Huo, Y Zhou, S Jiang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in an unprecedented setback …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative spatial analysis reveals a multi-layered organization of glioblastoma

AC Greenwald, NG Darnell, R Hoefflin, D Simkin… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Glioma contains malignant cells in diverse states. Here, we combine spatial transcriptomics,
spatial proteomics, and computational approaches to define glioma cellular states and …

Persistent post–COVID-19 smell loss is associated with immune cell infiltration and altered gene expression in olfactory epithelium

JB Finlay, DH Brann, R Abi Hachem, DW Jang… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2 causes profound changes in the sense of smell, including total smell loss.
Although these alterations are often transient, many patients with COVID-19 exhibit olfactory …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics reveals a variable infection gradient in the respiratory tract

YJ Hou, K Okuda, CE Edwards, DR Martinez… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mode of acquisition and causes for the variable clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. We utilized a reverse genetics system to generate a …

Non-neuronal expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes in the olfactory system suggests mechanisms underlying COVID-19-associated anosmia

DH Brann, T Tsukahara, C Weinreb, M Lipovsek… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Altered olfactory function is a common symptom of COVID-19, but its etiology is unknown. A
key question is whether SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2)–the causal agent in COVID-19–affects …