Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - Archives of disease in childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children have less severe symptoms when infected
with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this …

An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

L Sikkema, C Ramírez-Suástegui, DC Strobl… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have transformed our understanding of human tissues. Yet, studies
typically capture only a limited number of donors and disagree on cell type definitions …

Dictionary learning for integrative, multimodal and scalable single-cell analysis

Y Hao, T Stuart, MH Kowalski, S Choudhary… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mapping single-cell sequencing profiles to comprehensive reference datasets provides a
powerful alternative to unsupervised analysis. However, most reference datasets are …

[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 …

Immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

J Chou, PG Thomas, AG Randolph - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Children and adolescents exhibit a broad range of clinical outcomes from SARS-CoV-2
infection, with the majority having minimal to mild symptoms. Additionally, some succumb to …

Computational principles and challenges in single-cell data integration

R Argelaguet, ASE Cuomo, O Stegle… - Nature biotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
The development of single-cell multimodal assays provides a powerful tool for investigating
multiple dimensions of cellular heterogeneity, enabling new insights into development …

Identification of LZTFL1 as a candidate effector gene at a COVID-19 risk locus

DJ Downes, AR Cross, P Hua, N Roberts… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) disease (COVID-19)
pandemic has caused millions of deaths worldwide. Genome-wide association studies …

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk

N Shrine, AG Izquierdo, J Chen, R Packer, RJ Hall… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Lung-function impairment underlies chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
predicts mortality. In the largest multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of …

Does the human placenta express the canonical cell entry mediators for SARS-CoV-2?

R Pique-Regi, R Romero, AL Tarca, F Luca, Y Xu… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected more than 10 million …