Analysing microbial community composition through amplicon sequencing: from sampling to hypothesis testing

LW Hugerth, AF Andersson - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microbial ecology as a scientific field is fundamentally driven by technological advance. The
past decade's revolution in DNA sequencing cost and throughput has made it possible for …

Design and analysis of CRISPR–Cas experiments

RE Hanna, JG Doench - Nature biotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
A large and ever-expanding set of CRISPR–Cas systems now enables the rapid and flexible
manipulation of genomes in both targeted and large-scale experiments. Numerous software …

High-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios

M Byrska-Bishop, US Evani, X Zhao, AO Basile… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The 1000 Genomes Project (1kGP) is the largest fully open resource of whole-
genome sequencing (WGS) data consented for public distribution without access or use …

Spatiotemporal analysis of human intestinal development at single-cell resolution

D Fawkner-Corbett, A Antanaviciute, K Parikh… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Development of the human intestine is not well understood. Here, we link single-cell RNA
sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to characterize intestinal morphogenesis through …

Local hyperthermia therapy induces browning of white fat and treats obesity

Y Li, D Wang, X Ping, Y Zhang, T Zhang, L Wang, L Jin… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Beige fat plays key roles in the regulation of systemic energy homeostasis; however,
detailed mechanisms and safe strategy for its activation remain elusive. In this study, we …

RNA-Seq signatures normalized by mRNA abundance allow absolute deconvolution of human immune cell types

G Monaco, B Lee, W Xu, S Mustafah, YY Hwang… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The molecular characterization of immune subsets is important for designing effective
strategies to understand and treat diseases. We characterized 29 immune cell types within …

[HTML][HTML] Global characterization of macrophage polarization mechanisms and identification of M2-type polarization inhibitors

L He, JH Jhong, Q Chen, KY Huang, K Strittmatter… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Macrophages undergoing M1-versus M2-type polarization differ significantly in their cell
metabolism and cellular functions. Here, global quantitative time-course proteomics and …

Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.

J Zhang, X Zhang, H Tang, Q Zhang, X Hua, X Ma… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Modern sugarcanes are polyploid interspecific hybrids, combining high sugar content from
Saccharum officinarum with hardiness, disease resistance and ratooning of Saccharum …

[HTML][HTML] Enterochromaffin cells are gut chemosensors that couple to sensory neural pathways

NW Bellono, JR Bayrer, DB Leitch, J Castro, C Zhang… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Dietary, microbial, and inflammatory factors modulate the gut-brain axis and influence
physiological processes ranging from metabolism to cognition. The gut epithelium is a …

[HTML][HTML] Peripherally derived macrophages can engraft the brain independent of irradiation and maintain an identity distinct from microglia

JC Cronk, AJ Filiano, A Louveau, I Marin… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peripherally derived macrophages infiltrate the brain after bone marrow transplantation and
during central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. It was initially suggested that these …