Applications of deep learning in understanding gene regulation

Z Li, E Gao, J Zhou, W Han, X Xu, X Gao - Cell Reports Methods, 2023 - cell.com
Gene regulation is a central topic in cell biology. Advances in omics technologies and the
accumulation of omics data have provided better opportunities for gene regulation studies …

A small-molecule TNIK inhibitor targets fibrosis in preclinical and clinical models

F Ren, A Aliper, J Chen, H Zhao, S Rao, C Kuppe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an aggressive interstitial lung disease with a high
mortality rate. Putative drug targets in IPF have failed to translate into effective therapies at …

Machine learning and deep learning in synthetic biology: Key architectures, applications, and challenges

MK Goshisht - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Machine learning (ML), particularly deep learning (DL), has made rapid and substantial
progress in synthetic biology in recent years. Biotechnological applications of biosystems …

Gene knockout inference with variational graph autoencoder learning single-cell gene regulatory networks

Y Yang, G Li, Y Zhong, Q Xu, BJ Chen… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we introduce Gene Knockout Inference (GenKI), a virtual knockout (KO) tool for
gene function prediction using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data in the …

Controlled noise: evidence of epigenetic regulation of single-cell expression variability

Y Zhong, S Cui, Y Yang, JJ Cai - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Understanding single-cell expression variability (scEV) or gene expression noise
among cells of the same type and state is crucial for delineating population-level cellular …

Sox11 is enriched in myogenic progenitors but dispensable for development and regeneration of the skeletal muscle

SN Oprescu, N Baumann, X Chen, Q Sun, Y Zhao… - Skeletal Muscle, 2023 - Springer
Transcription factors (TFs) play key roles in regulating differentiation and function of stem
cells, including muscle satellite cells (MuSCs), a resident stem cell population responsible …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Cell Type-Specific Effects of DNMT3A Mutations on Relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

SG Bae, HJ Kim, MY Kim, DDH Kim, SI Shin, JS Ahn… - Molecules and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease caused by distinctive mutations
in individual patients; therefore, each patient may display different cell-type compositions …

Population-level comparisons of gene regulatory networks modeled on high-throughput single-cell transcriptomics data

D Osorio, A Capasso, SG Eckhardt, U Giri… - Nature Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies enable high-resolution studies of phenotype-defining molecular
mechanisms. However, data sparsity and cellular heterogeneity make modeling biological …

CTHRC1+ fibroblasts and SPP1+ macrophages synergistically contribute to pro-tumorigenic tumor microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

E Li, HC Cheung, S Ma - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an extremely lethal cancer that accounts for
over 90% of all pancreatic cancer cases. With a 5-year survival rate of only 13%, PDAC has …

Niclosamide targets the dynamic progression of macrophages for the resolution of endometriosis in a mouse model

L Zhao, M Shi, S Winuthayanon, JA MacLean… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to the vital roles of macrophages in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, targeting
macrophages could be a promising therapeutic direction. Here, we investigated the efficacy …