A new era in functional genomics screens

L Przybyla, LA Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The past 25 years of genomics research first revealed which genes are encoded by the
human genome and then a detailed catalogue of human genome variation associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal analysis of composition and spatial architecture in human squamous cell carcinoma

AL Ji, AJ Rubin, K Thrane, S Jiang, DL Reynolds… - Cell, 2020 - Elsevier
To define the cellular composition and architecture of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
(cSCC), we combined single-cell RNA sequencing with spatial transcriptomics and …

A non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle underlies cellular identity

PK Arnold, BT Jackson, KI Paras, JS Brunner, ML Hart… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a central hub of cellular metabolism, oxidizing nutrients
to generate reducing equivalents for energy production and critical metabolites for …

[HTML][HTML] Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome

EL Huttlin, RJ Bruckner, J Navarrete-Perea, JR Cannon… - Cell, 2021 - Elsevier
Thousands of interactions assemble proteins into modules that impart spatial and functional
organization to the cellular proteome. Through affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we …

Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability

Z Li, L Ferguson, KK Deol, MA Roberts… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
The selenoprotein glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) prevents ferroptosis by converting lipid
peroxides into nontoxic lipid alcohols. GPX4 has emerged as a promising therapeutic target …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of plasmalogen metabolism and traffic in mammals: The fog begins to lift

F Dorninger, ER Werner, J Berger… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Due to their unique chemical structure, plasmalogens do not only exhibit distinct biophysical
and biochemical features, but require specialized pathways of biosynthesis and …

Functional unknomics: Systematic screening of conserved genes of unknown function

JJ Rocha, SA Jayaram, TJ Stevens, N Muschalik… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The human genome encodes approximately 20,000 proteins, many still uncharacterised. It
has become clear that scientific research tends to focus on well-studied proteins, leading to …

CRISPR screens in cancer spheroids identify 3D growth-specific vulnerabilities

K Han, SE Pierce, A Li, K Spees, GR Anderson… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer genomics studies have identified thousands of putative cancer driver genes.
Development of high-throughput and accurate models to define the functions of these genes …

Optimization of AsCas12a for combinatorial genetic screens in human cells

PC DeWeirdt, KR Sanson, AK Sangree, M Hegde… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cas12a RNA-guided endonucleases are promising tools for multiplexed genetic
perturbations because they can process multiple guide RNAs expressed as a single …

[PDF][PDF] The phenotypic landscape of essential human genes

L Funk, KC Su, J Ly, D Feldman, A Singh, B Moodie… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the basis for cellular growth, proliferation, and function requires determining
the roles of essential genes in diverse cellular processes, including visualizing their …