Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

Clinical application of advanced multi-omics tumor profiling: Shaping precision oncology of the future

D Akhoundova, MA Rubin - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Next-generation DNA sequencing technology has dramatically advanced clinical oncology
through the identification of therapeutic targets and molecular biomarkers, leading to the …

Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb

M Khan, SJ Yoo, M Clijsters, W Backaert, A Vanstapel… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Anosmia, the loss of smell, is a common and often the sole symptom of COVID-19. The onset
of the sequence of pathobiological events leading to olfactory dysfunction remains obscure …

[HTML][HTML] A clinically applicable integrative molecular classification of meningiomas

F Nassiri, J Liu, V Patil, Y Mamatjan, JZ Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumour in adults. Patients with
symptoms are generally treated with surgery as there are no effective medical therapies. The …

An inflammatory state remodels the immune microenvironment and improves risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia

A Lasry, B Nadorp, M Fornerod, D Nicolet, H Wu… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematopoietic malignancy with poor prognosis and
limited treatment options. Here we provide a comprehensive census of the bone marrow …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-cellular CRISPR screens reveal regulators of cancer cell phagocytosis

RA Kamber, Y Nishiga, B Morton, AM Banuelos… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibody therapies targeting tumour antigens drive cancer cell elimination in
large part by triggering macrophage phagocytosis of cancer cells,,,,,–. However, cancer cells …

DIALOGUE maps multicellular programs in tissue from single-cell or spatial transcriptomics data

L Jerby-Arnon, A Regev - Nature biotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Deciphering the functional interactions of cells in tissues remains a major challenge. Here
we describe DIALOGUE, a method to systematically uncover multicellular programs (MCPs) …

Aberrant gene activation in synovial sarcoma relies on SSX specificity and increased PRC1. 1 stability

NS Benabdallah, V Dalal, RW Scott… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The SS18-SSX fusion drives oncogenic transformation in synovial sarcoma by bridging
SS18, a member of the mSWI/SNF (BAF) complex, to Polycomb repressive complex 1 …

Identifying tumor cells at the single-cell level using machine learning

J Dohmen, A Baranovskii, J Ronen, B Uyar, V Franke… - Genome Biology, 2022 - Springer
Tumors are complex tissues of cancerous cells surrounded by a heterogeneous cellular
microenvironment with which they interact. Single-cell sequencing enables molecular …

Cancer cell states: Lessons from ten years of single-cell RNA-sequencing of human tumors

I Tirosh, ML Suva - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Human tumors are intricate ecosystems composed of diverse genetic clones and malignant
cell states that evolve in a complex tumor micro-environment. Single-cell RNA-sequencing …