Ancient DNA analysis

L Orlando, R Allaby, P Skoglund… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

Best practices for variant calling in clinical sequencing

DC Koboldt - Genome Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Next-generation sequencing technologies have enabled a dramatic expansion of clinical
genetic testing both for inherited conditions and diseases such as cancer. Accurate variant …

CPGView: A package for visualizing detailed chloroplast genome structures

S Liu, Y Ni, J Li, X Zhang, H Yang… - Molecular ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chloroplast genomes have been widely used in studying plant phylogeny and evolution.
Several chloroplast genome visualization tools have been developed to display the …

Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

R Suzuki, D Yamasoba, I Kimura, L Wang, M Kishimoto… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent global health concern. In
this study, our statistical modelling suggests that Omicron has spread more rapidly than the …

Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation

A Saito, T Irie, R Suzuki, T Maemura, H Nasser, K Uriu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a variety of mutations
have accumulated in the viral genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank

BV Halldorsson, HP Eggertsson, KHS Moore… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Detailed knowledge of how diversity in the sequence of the human genome affects
phenotypic diversity depends on a comprehensive and reliable characterization of both …

Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia

AA Fola, SM Feleke, H Mohammed, BG Brhane… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Diagnosis and treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections are required for effective
malaria control and are pre-requisites for malaria elimination efforts; hence we need to …

Neoadjuvant therapy with immune checkpoint blockade, antiangiogenesis, and chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

S Li, W Yu, F Xie, H Luo, Z Liu, W Lv, D Shi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite neoadjuvant/conversion chemotherapy, the prognosis of cT4a/bN+ gastric cancer is
poor. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and antiangiogenic agents have shown activity in …

Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches

T Masuda, L Amann, G Monaco, R Sankowski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS)—including
parenchymal microglia, as well as CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs) such as …

[HTML][HTML] A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor infiltrating myeloid cells

S Cheng, Z Li, R Gao, B Xing, Y Gao, Y Yang, S Qin… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells (TIMs) are key regulators in tumor progression, but the
similarity and distinction of their fundamental properties across different tumors remain …