Scaling single-cell genomics from phenomenology to mechanism

A Tanay, A Regev - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Three of the most fundamental questions in biology are how individual cells differentiate to
form tissues, how tissues function in a coordinated and flexible fashion and which gene …

Genetic insights into the neurodevelopmental origins of schizophrenia

R Birnbaum, DR Weinberger - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with a longstanding history of
neurobiological investigation. Although the underlying causal mechanisms remain …

The human cell atlas

A Regev, SA Teichmann, ES Lander, I Amit, C Benoist… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The recent advent of methods for high-throughput single-cell molecular profiling has
catalyzed a growing sense in the scientific community that the time is ripe to complete the …

The promise of spatial transcriptomics for neuroscience in the era of molecular cell typing

E Lein, LE Borm, S Linnarsson - Science, 2017 - science.org
The stereotyped spatial architecture of the brain is both beautiful and fundamentally related
to its function, extending from gross morphology to individual neuron types, where soma …

A high-resolution in vivo atlas of the human brain's serotonin system

V Beliveau, M Ganz, L Feng, B Ozenne… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system modulates many important brain
functions and is critically involved in many neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we present a …

The genomic landscape of balanced cytogenetic abnormalities associated with human congenital anomalies

C Redin, H Brand, RL Collins, T Kammin, E Mitchell… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Despite the clinical significance of balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), their
characterization has largely been restricted to cytogenetic resolution. We explored the …

[HTML][HTML] GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium

JW Trampush, MLZ Yang, J Yu, E Knowles… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
The complex nature of human cognition has resulted in cognitive genomics lagging behind
many other fields in terms of gene discovery using genome-wide association study (GWAS) …

[HTML][HTML] Image Data Resource: a bioimage data integration and publication platform

E Williams, J Moore, SW Li, G Rustici, A Tarkowska… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Access to primary research data is vital for the advancement of science. To extend the data
types supported by community repositories, we built a prototype Image Data Resource …

Neurotrophin signalling: novel insights into mechanisms and pathophysiology

M Mitre, A Mariga, MV Chao - Clinical science, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Neurotrophins, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), are prominent regulators
of neuronal survival, growth and differentiation during development. While trophic factors are …

[PDF][PDF] The BRAIN initiative cell census consortium: lessons learned toward generating a comprehensive brain cell atlas

JR Ecker, DH Geschwind, AR Kriegstein, J Ngai… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
A comprehensive characterization of neuronal cell types, their distributions, and patterns of
connectivity is critical for understanding the properties of neural circuits and how they …