Molecular networks in Network Medicine: Development and applications

EK Silverman, HHHW Schmidt… - … Systems Biology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Network Medicine applies network science approaches to investigate disease
pathogenesis. Many different analytical methods have been used to infer relevant molecular …

A psychometric network perspective on the validity and validation of personality trait questionnaires

AP Christensen, H Golino… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews the causal implications of latent variable and psychometric network
models for the validation of personality trait questionnaires. These models imply different …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomics and in situ sequencing to study Alzheimer's disease

WT Chen, A Lu, K Craessaerts, B Pavie, CS Frigerio… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Although complex inflammatory-like alterations are observed around the amyloid plaques of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known about the molecular changes and cellular …

A scalable SCENIC workflow for single-cell gene regulatory network analysis

B Van de Sande, C Flerin, K Davie, M De Waegeneer… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
This protocol explains how to perform a fast SCENIC analysis alongside standard best
practices steps on single-cell RNA-sequencing data using software containers and Nextflow …

[HTML][HTML] G3BP1 is a tunable switch that triggers phase separation to assemble stress granules

P Yang, C Mathieu, RM Kolaitis, P Zhang, J Messing… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granule assembly, including the basis
for establishing and maintaining RNP granules with distinct composition, are unknown. One …

Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome

J Mergner, M Frejno, M List, M Papacek, X Chen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Plants are essential for life and are extremely diverse organisms with unique molecular
capabilities. Here we present a quantitative atlas of the transcriptomes, proteomes and …

[HTML][HTML] Deep multilayer brain proteomics identifies molecular networks in Alzheimer's disease progression

B Bai, X Wang, Y Li, PC Chen, K Yu, KK Dey… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) displays a long asymptomatic stage before dementia. We
characterize AD stage-associated molecular networks by profiling 14,513 proteins and …

Cell type-specific transcriptomics reveals that mutant huntingtin leads to mitochondrial RNA release and neuronal innate immune activation

H Lee, RJ Fenster, SS Pineda, WS Gibbs… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which mutant huntingtin (mHTT) leads to neuronal cell death in
Huntington's disease (HD) are not fully understood. To gain new molecular insights, we …

Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community

A Djurhuus, CJ Closek, RP Kelly, KJ Pitz… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis allows the simultaneous examination of organisms
across multiple trophic levels and domains of life, providing critical information about the …

Novel Alzheimer risk genes determine the microglia response to amyloid‐β but not to TAU pathology

A Sierksma, A Lu, R Mancuso, N Fattorelli… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
Polygenic risk scores have identified that genetic variants without genome‐wide significance
still add to the genetic risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Whether and how …