Insights gained from single-cell analysis of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

X Ren, L Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Li… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Understanding tumor immune microenvironments is critical for identifying immune modifiers
of cancer progression and developing cancer immunotherapies. Recent applications of …

A century-long journey from the discovery of insulin to the implantation of stem cell–derived islets

A Ramzy, PJ Belmonte, MJS Braam, S Ida… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For the past century, insulin injections have saved millions of lives, but glycemic instability is
still a persistent challenge for people with diabetes, leading to tremendous morbidity and …

A single–cell type transcriptomics map of human tissues

M Karlsson, C Zhang, L Méar, W Zhong, A Digre… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Advances in molecular profiling have opened up the possibility to map the expression of
genes in cells, tissues, and organs in the human body. Here, we combined single-cell …

Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function

G Eraslan, E Drokhlyansky, S Anand, E Fiskin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding gene function and regulation in homeostasis and disease requires
knowledge of the cellular and tissue contexts in which genes are expressed. Here, we …

Spatially restricted drivers and transitional cell populations cooperate with the microenvironment in untreated and chemo-resistant pancreatic cancer

D Cui Zhou, RG Jayasinghe, S Chen, JM Herndon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a lethal disease with limited treatment options and
poor survival. We studied 83 spatial samples from 31 patients (11 treatment-naïve and 20 …

[HTML][HTML] A multidimensional coding architecture of the vagal interoceptive system

Q Zhao, CD Yu, R Wang, QJ Xu, R Dai Pra, L Zhang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Interoception, the ability to timely and precisely sense changes inside the body, is critical for
survival,,–. Vagal sensory neurons (VSNs) form an important body-to-brain connection …

[PDF][PDF] Microenvironment drives cell state, plasticity, and drug response in pancreatic cancer

S Raghavan, PS Winter, AW Navia, HL Williams… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Prognostically relevant RNA expression states exist in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC), but our understanding of their drivers, stability, and relationship to therapeutic …

Single-cell-resolved differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic duct-like organoids on a microwell chip

S Wiedenmann, M Breunig, J Merkle… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Creating in vitro models of diseases of the pancreatic ductal compartment requires a
comprehensive understanding of the developmental trajectories of pancreas-specific cell …

Single cell RNA‐sequencing: A powerful yet still challenging technology to study cellular heterogeneity

M Ke, B Elshenawy, H Sheldon, A Arora, FM Buffa - BioEssays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Almost all biomedical research to date has relied upon mean measurements from cell
populations, however it is well established that what it is observed at this macroscopic level …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection of the pancreas promotes thrombofibrosis and is associated with new-onset diabetes

MMF Qadir, M Bhondeley, W Beatty, DD Gaupp… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evidence suggests an association between severe acute respiratory syndrome–cornavirus-
2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the occurrence of new-onset diabetes. We examined …