Obtaining genetics insights from deep learning via explainable artificial intelligence

G Novakovsky, N Dexter, MW Libbrecht… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) models based on deep learning now represent the state of the art
for making functional predictions in genomics research. However, the underlying basis on …

Recent advances in droplet microfluidics for single-cell analysis

Z Jiang, H Shi, X Tang, J Qin - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-cell manipulation and analysis is essential for studying many fundamental biological
processes and discovering cellular heterogeneity. Multi-parameter studies of intercellular …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome

K Zhang, JD Hocker, M Miller, X Hou, J Chiou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Current catalogs of regulatory sequences in the human genome are still incomplete and lack
cell type resolution. To profile the activity of gene regulatory elements in diverse cell types …

Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome

A Gershman, MEG Sauria, X Guitart, MR Vollger… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The completion of a telomere-to-telomere human reference genome, T2T-CHM13, has
resolved complex regions of the genome, including repetitive and homologous regions …

[HTML][HTML] Single cell cancer epigenetics

M Casado-Pelaez, A Bueno-Costa, M Esteller - Trends in Cancer, 2022 - cell.com
Bulk sequencing methodologies have allowed us to make great progress in cancer
research. Unfortunately, these techniques lack the resolution to fully unravel the epigenetic …

NK cells are never alone: crosstalk and communication in tumour microenvironments

Y Zhou, L Cheng, L Liu, X Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immune escape is a hallmark of cancer. The dynamic and heterogeneous tumour
microenvironment (TME) causes insufficient infiltration and poor efficacy of natural killer (NK) …

[HTML][HTML] Cell fate decisions, transcription factors and signaling during early retinal development

R Diacou, P Nandigrami, A Fiser, W Liu… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the vertebrate eyes is a complex process starting from anterior-posterior
and dorso-ventral patterning of the anterior neural tube, resulting in the formation of the eye …

Metformin, macrophage dysfunction and atherosclerosis

X Feng, W Chen, X Ni, PJ Little, S Xu, L Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metformin is one of the most widely prescribed hypoglycemic drugs and has the potential to
treat many diseases. More and more evidence shows that metformin can regulate the …

Integrated profiling of human pancreatic cancer organoids reveals chromatin accessibility features associated with drug sensitivity

X Shi, Y Li, Q Yuan, S Tang, S Guo, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chromatin accessibility plays an essential role in controlling cellular identity and the
therapeutic response of human cancers. However, the chromatin accessibility landscape …

Loop-extrusion and polymer phase-separation can co-exist at the single-molecule level to shape chromatin folding

M Conte, E Irani, AM Chiariello, A Abraham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Loop-extrusion and phase-separation have been proposed as mechanisms that shape
chromosome spatial organization. It is unclear, however, how they perform relative to each …