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Open AccessDandelion uses the single-cell adaptive immune receptor repertoire to explore lymphocyte developmental origins
Assessment of single-cell gene expression (single-cell RNA sequencing) and adaptive immune receptor (AIR) sequencing (scVDJ-seq) has been invaluable in studying lymphocyte biology. Here we introduce Dandelion,...
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Open AccessDMRT1 regulates human germline commitment
Germline commitment following primordial germ cell (PGC) specification during early human development establishes an epigenetic programme and competence for gametogenesis. Here we follow the progression of nas...
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Single-cell omics meets organoid cultures
Roser Vento-Tormo highlights the synergy of single-cell omics and organoids by Camp et al., who used single-cell RNA sequencing to characterize the cell–cell communication events driving tissue formation in hu...
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A novel resource to study endometriosis at the single-cell level
A transcriptomic analysis of endometriosis and comparison tissues has been conducted, revealing a rich and complex catalogue of single-cell-based expression data. This resource is an invaluable building block ...
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Open AccessSpatial multiomics map of trophoblast development in early pregnancy
The relationship between the human placenta—the extraembryonic organ made by the fetus, and the decidua—the mucosal layer of the uterus, is essential to nurture and protect the fetus during pregnancy. Extravil...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Map** the temporal and spatial dynamics of the human endometrium in vivo and in vitro
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Open AccessEpigenetic and transcriptomic reprogramming in monocytes of severe COVID-19 patients reflects alterations in myeloid differentiation and the influence of inflammatory cytokines
COVID-19 manifests with a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes, ranging from asymptomatic and mild to severe and critical. Severe and critical COVID-19 patients are characterized by marked changes in the myelo...
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Open AccessA physical wiring diagram for the human immune system
The human immune system is composed of a distributed network of cells circulating throughout the body, which must dynamically form physical associations and communicate using interactions between their cell-su...
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Open AccessSingle-cell roadmap of human gonadal development
Gonadal development is a complex process that involves sex determination followed by divergent maturation into either testes or ovaries1. Historically, limited tissue accessibility, a lack of reliable in vitro mo...
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Open AccessAn introduction to spatial transcriptomics for biomedical research
Single-cell transcriptomics (scRNA-seq) has become essential for biomedical research over the past decade, particularly in developmental biology, cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. Most commercially availab...
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Open AccessRobust temporal map of human in vitro myelopoiesis using single-cell genomics
Myeloid cells are central to homeostasis and immunity. Characterising in vitro myelopoiesis protocols is imperative for their use in research, immunotherapies, and understanding human myelopoiesis. Here, we ge...
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Cell2location maps fine-grained cell types in spatial transcriptomics
Spatial transcriptomic technologies promise to resolve cellular wiring diagrams of tissues in health and disease, but comprehensive map** of cell types in situ remains a challenge. Here we present сell2locat...
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Open AccessSingle-cell Atlas of common variable immunodeficiency shows germinal center-associated epigenetic dysregulation in B-cell responses
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), the most prevalent symptomatic primary immunodeficiency, displays impaired terminal B-cell differentiation and defective antibody responses. Incomplete genetic penetran...
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Author Correction: Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas
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Open AccessMap** the temporal and spatial dynamics of the human endometrium in vivo and in vitro
The endometrium, the mucosal lining of the uterus, undergoes dynamic changes throughout the menstrual cycle in response to ovarian hormones. We have generated dense single-cell and spatial reference maps of th...
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A roadmap for the Human Developmental Cell Atlas
The Human Developmental Cell Atlas (HDCA) initiative, which is part of the Human Cell Atlas, aims to create a comprehensive reference map of cells during development. This will be critical to understanding nor...
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Open AccessA single cell characterisation of human embryogenesis identifies pluripotency transitions and putative anterior hypoblast centre
Following implantation, the human embryo undergoes major morphogenetic transformations that establish the future body plan. While the molecular events underpinning this process are established in mice, they re...
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Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas
Placentas can exhibit chromosomal aberrations that are absent from the fetus1. The basis of this genetic segregation, which is known as confined placental mosaicism, remains unknown. Here we investigated the phyl...
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Inference of Ligand–Receptor Pairs from Single-Cell Transcriptomics Data
Cell–cell communication is crucial for development and tissue homeostasis in multicellular organisms. Single-cell transcriptomics has emerged as a revolutionary technique for dissecting cellular compositions a...
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CellPhoneDB: inferring cell–cell communication from combined expression of multi-subunit ligand–receptor complexes
Cell–cell communication mediated by ligand–receptor complexes is critical to coordinating diverse biological processes, such as development, differentiation and inflammation. To investigate how the context-dep...