Single-cell genomics meets human genetics

ASE Cuomo, A Nathan, S Raychaudhuri… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell genomic technologies are revealing the cellular composition, identities and
states in tissues at unprecedented resolution. They have now scaled to the point that it is …

Integrating population genetics, stem cell biology and cellular genomics to study complex human diseases

N Farbehi, DR Neavin, ASE Cuomo, L Studer… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells can, in theory, be differentiated into any cell type,
making them a powerful in vitro model for human biology. Recent technological advances …

Brain Chimeroids reveal individual susceptibility to neurotoxic triggers

N Antón-Bolaños, I Faravelli, T Faits, S Andreadis… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Interindividual genetic variation affects the susceptibility to and progression of many
diseases,. However, efforts to study how individual human brains differ in normal …

Functional genomics and the future of iPSCs in disease modeling

IR Brooks, CM Garrone, C Kerins, CS Kiar, S Syntaka… - Stem cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are valuable in disease modeling because of their
potential to expand and differentiate into virtually any cell type and recapitulate key aspects …

Leveraging iPSC technology to assess neuro-immune interactions in neurological and psychiatric disorders

C Michalski, Z Wen - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Communication between the immune and the nervous system is essential for human brain
development and homeostasis. Disruption of this intricately regulated crosstalk can lead to …

Prioritization of genes associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus for functional studies

WX Tan, X Sim, CM Khoo, AKK Teo - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Existing therapies for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) show limited efficacy or have adverse
effects. Numerous genetic variants associated with T2DM have been identified, but progress …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell eQTL mapping in yeast reveals a tradeoff between growth and reproduction

J Boocock, N Alexander, LA Tapia, L Walter-McNeill… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) provide a key bridge between noncoding DNA
sequence variants and organismal traits. The effects of eQTLs can differ among tissues, cell …

Identifying the earliest-occurring clinically targetable precursors of late-onset Alzheimer's disease

BM Cohen, KC Sonntag - Ebiomedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Most cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are late-onset dementias (LOAD). However,
research on AD is predominantly of early-onset disease (EOAD). The determinants of EOAD …

Dynamic stress-and inflammatory-based regulation of psychiatric risk loci in human neurons

KG Retallick-Townsley, S Lee, S Cartwright, S Cohen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The prenatal environment can alter neurodevelopmental and clinical trajectories, markedly
increasing risk for psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence. To understand if and …

Cellotype–phenotype associations using 'organoid villages'

M Kimura, T Takebe - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
En masse phenotyping technology, using massively mosaic donor-derived cells and
organoids, can offer enriched insights for cellotype–phenotype association in a cell-type …