Challenges in unsupervised clustering of single-cell RNA-seq data

VY Kiselev, TS Andrews, M Hemberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) allows researchers to collect large catalogues
detailing the transcriptomes of individual cells. Unsupervised clustering is of central …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell sequencing of brain cell transcriptomes and epigenomes

EJ Armand, J Li, F Xie, C Luo, EA Mukamel - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Single-cell sequencing technologies, including transcriptomic and epigenomic assays, are
transforming our understanding of the cellular building blocks of neural circuits. By directly …

[HTML][HTML] SCENIC+: single-cell multiomic inference of enhancers and gene regulatory networks

C Bravo González-Blas, S De Winter, G Hulselmans… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Joint profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression in individual cells provides an
opportunity to decipher enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Here we present …

FlyBase: a guided tour of highlighted features

LS Gramates, J Agapite, H Attrill, BR Calvi… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
FlyBase provides a centralized resource for the genetic and genomic data of Drosophila
melanogaster. As FlyBase enters our fourth decade of service to the research community …

The connectome of an insect brain

M Winding, BD Pedigo, CL Barnes, HG Patsolic, Y Park… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Brains contain networks of interconnected neurons and so knowing the network architecture
is essential for understanding brain function. We therefore mapped the synaptic-resolution …

Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly

H Li, J Janssens, M De Waegeneer, SS Kolluru… - Science, 2022 - science.org
For more than 100 years, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most
studied model organisms. Here, we present a single-cell atlas of the adult fly, Tabula …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide RNA polymerase stalling shapes the transcriptome during aging

A Gyenis, J Chang, JJPG Demmers, ST Bruens… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gene expression profiling has identified numerous processes altered in aging, but how
these changes arise is largely unknown. Here we combined nascent RNA sequencing and …

A scalable SCENIC workflow for single-cell gene regulatory network analysis

B Van de Sande, C Flerin, K Davie, M De Waegeneer… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
This protocol explains how to perform a fast SCENIC analysis alongside standard best
practices steps on single-cell RNA-sequencing data using software containers and Nextflow …

[HTML][HTML] A pan-cancer blueprint of the heterogeneous tumor microenvironment revealed by single-cell profiling

J Qian, S Olbrecht, B Boeckx, H Vos, D Laoui… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The stromal compartment of the tumor microenvironment consists of a heterogeneous set of
tissue-resident and tumor-infiltrating cells, which are profoundly moulded by cancer cells. An …

Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the aging mouse brain

M Ximerakis, SL Lipnick, BT Innes, SK Simmons… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The mammalian brain is complex, with multiple cell types performing a variety of diverse
functions, but exactly how each cell type is affected in aging remains largely unknown. Here …