Single-cell analysis highlights differences in druggable pathways underlying adaptive or fibrotic kidney regeneration

MS Balzer, T Doke, YW Yang, DL Aldridge… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The kidney has tremendous capacity to repair after acute injury, however, pathways guiding
adaptive and fibrotic repair are poorly understood. We developed a model of adaptive and …

[HTML][HTML] New insights from the single-cell level: tumor associated macrophages heterogeneity and personalized therapy

X Wang, Y Xu, Q Sun, X Zhou, W Ma, JB Wu… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are important immune cells in the tumor
microenvironment, and their invasion in tumors is closely related to poor prognosis …

Single cell regulatory landscape of the mouse kidney highlights cellular differentiation programs and disease targets

Z Miao, MS Balzer, Z Ma, H Liu, J Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Determining the epigenetic program that generates unique cell types in the kidney is critical
for understanding cell-type heterogeneity during tissue homeostasis and injury response …

Single-cell RNA sequencing to identify cellular heterogeneity and targets in cardiovascular diseases: from bench to bedside

X Xu, X Hua, H Mo, S Hu, J Song - Basic research in cardiology, 2023 - Springer
The mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain incompletely elucidated. Single-
cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has enabled the profiling of single-cell transcriptomes at …

Revealing the molecular landscape of human placenta: a systematic review and meta-analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing studies

E Derisoud, H Jiang, A Zhao… - Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND With increasing significance of developmental programming effects
associated with placental dysfunction, more investigations are devoted to improving the …

Bovine milk-derived cells express transcriptome markers of pluripotency and secrete bioactive factors with regenerative and antimicrobial activity

N Danev, RM Harman, L Oliveira, L Huntimer… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The bovine mammary stem/progenitor cell secretome stimulates regeneration in vitro and
contains proteins associated with antimicrobial defense. This has led to the exploration of …

Unified mouse and human kidney single-cell expression atlas reveal commonalities and differences in disease states

J Zhou, A Abedini, MS Balzer, R Shrestha… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background Mouse models have been widely used to understand kidney disease
pathomechanisms and play an important role in drug discovery. However, these models …

Microfluidics facilitates the development of single-cell RNA sequencing

Y Pan, W Cao, Y Mu, Q Zhu - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology provides a powerful tool for
understanding complex biosystems at the single-cell and single-molecule level. The past …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA sequencing to understand host-virus interactions

JT Chang, LB Liu, PG Wang, J An - Virologica Sinica, 2024 - Elsevier
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has allowed for the profiling of host and virus
transcripts and host-virus interactions at single-cell resolution. This review summarizes the …

Ceramides and acute kidney injury

RJ Nicholson, WL Holland, SA Summers - Seminars in nephrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Altered lipid metabolism is a characteristic feature and potential driving factor of acute
kidney injury (AKI). Of the lipids that accumulate in injured renal tissues, ceramides are …