Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

Spatial omics technologies at multimodal and single cell/subcellular level

J Park, J Kim, T Lewy, CM Rice, O Elemento… - Genome Biology, 2022 - Springer
Spatial omics technologies enable a deeper understanding of cellular organizations and
interactions within a tissue of interest. These assays can identify specific compartments or …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomics: Technologies, applications and experimental considerations

Y Wang, B Liu, G Zhao, YJ Lee, A Buzdin, X Mu, J Zhao… - Genomics, 2023 - Elsevier
The diverse cell types of an organ have a highly structured organization to enable their
efficient and correct function. To fully appreciate gene functions in a given cell type, one …

The choroid plexus: a missing link in our understanding of brain development and function

NR Saunders, KM Dziegielewska… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Studies of the choroid plexus lag behind those of the more widely known blood-brain barrier,
despite a much longer history. This review has two overall aims. The first is to outline long …

Control of meiotic chromosomal bouquet and germ cell morphogenesis by the zygotene cilium

A Mytlis, V Kumar, T Qiu, R Deis, N Hart, K Levy… - Science, 2022 - science.org
A hallmark of meiosis is chromosomal pairing, which requires telomere tethering and
rotation on the nuclear envelope through microtubules, driving chromosome homology …

Novel analytical tools reveal that local synchronization of cilia coincides with tissue-scale metachronal waves in zebrafish multiciliated epithelia

C Ringers, S Bialonski, M Ege, A Solovev, JN Hansen… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Motile cilia are hair-like cell extensions that beat periodically to generate fluid flow along
various epithelial tissues within the body. In dense multiciliated carpets, cilia were shown to …

Single cell/nucleus transcriptomics comparison in zebrafish and humans reveals common and distinct molecular responses to Alzheimer's disease

MI Cosacak, P Bhattarai, PL De Jager, V Menon… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurogenesis is significantly reduced in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is a potential
therapeutic target. Contrary to humans, a zebrafish can regenerate its diseased brain, and …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking the cilia hypothesis of hydrocephalus

PQ Duy, ABW Greenberg, WE Butler, KT Kahle - Neurobiology of Disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Dysfunction of motile cilia in ependymal cells has been proposed to be a pathogenic cause
of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) overaccumulation leading to ventricular expansion in …

Choroid plexuses carry nodal-like cilia that undergo axoneme regression from early adult stage

KH Ho, A Candat, V Scarpetta, M Faucourt, S Weill… - Developmental Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Choroid plexuses (ChPs) produce cerebrospinal fluid and sense non-cell-autonomous
stimuli to control the homeostasis of the central nervous system. They are mainly composed …

Identification of the central intermediate in the extra-embryonic to embryonic endoderm transition through single-cell transcriptomics

MM Rothová, AV Nielsen, M Proks, YF Wong… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
High-resolution maps of embryonic development suggest that acquisition of cell identity is
not limited to canonical germ layers but proceeds via alternative routes. Despite evidence …