Single‐cell RNA sequencing technologies and applications: A brief overview

D Jovic, X Liang, H Zeng, L Lin, F Xu… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA‐seq) technology has become the state‐of‐the‐art
approach for unravelling the heterogeneity and complexity of RNA transcripts within …

The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication

E Armingol, HM Baghdassarian, NE Lewis - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
No cell lives in a vacuum, and the molecular interactions between cells define most
phenotypes. Transcriptomics provides rich information to infer cell–cell interactions and …

Comparison of methods and resources for cell-cell communication inference from single-cell RNA-Seq data

D Dimitrov, D Türei, M Garrido-Rodriguez… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The growing availability of single-cell data, especially transcriptomics, has sparked an
increased interest in the inference of cell-cell communication. Many computational tools …

Parenchymal border macrophages regulate the flow dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid

A Drieu, S Du, SE Storck, J Rustenhoven… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Macrophages are important players in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Perivascular
and leptomeningeal macrophages reside near the central nervous system (CNS) …

Identification of direct connections between the dura and the brain

LCD Smyth, D Xu, SV Okar, T Dykstra, J Rustenhoven… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The arachnoid barrier delineates the border between the central nervous system and dura
mater. Although the arachnoid barrier creates a partition, communication between the …

The pre-existing T cell landscape determines the response to bispecific T cell engagers in multiple myeloma patients

MJ Friedrich, P Neri, N Kehl, J Michel, S Steiger… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Bispecific T cell engagers (TCEs) have shown promise in the treatment of various cancers,
but the immunological mechanism and molecular determinants of primary and acquired …

An invasive zone in human liver cancer identified by Stereo-seq promotes hepatocyte–tumor cell crosstalk, local immunosuppression and tumor progression

L Wu, J Yan, Y Bai, F Chen, X Zou, J Xu, A Huang… - Cell research, 2023 - nature.com
Dissecting and understanding the cancer ecosystem, especially that around the tumor
margins, which have strong implications for tumor cell infiltration and invasion, are essential …

Generation of complex bone marrow organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells

S Frenz-Wiessner, SD Fairley, M Buser, I Goek… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The human bone marrow (BM) niche sustains hematopoiesis throughout life. We present a
method for generating complex BM-like organoids (BMOs) from human induced pluripotent …

Osteoclasts, master sculptors of bone

DJ Veis, CA O'Brien - Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Osteoclasts are multinucleated cells with the unique ability to resorb bone matrix. Excessive
production or activation of osteoclasts leads to skeletal pathologies that affect a significant …

Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to elucidate intercellular tissue dynamics

SK Longo, MG Guo, AL Ji, PA Khavari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) identifies cell subpopulations within tissue but
does not capture their spatial distribution nor reveal local networks of intercellular …