2024
Transgenerational transmission of post-zygotic mutations suggests symmetric contribution of first two blastomeres to human germline
Jang Y, Tomasini L, Bae T, Szekely A, Vaccarino F, Abyzov A. Transgenerational transmission of post-zygotic mutations suggests symmetric contribution of first two blastomeres to human germline. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 9117. PMID: 39438473, PMCID: PMC11496613, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53485-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Efficient reconstruction of cell lineage trees for cell ancestry and cancer
Jang Y, Fasching L, Bae T, Tomasini L, Schreiner J, Szekely A, Fernandez T, Leckman J, Vaccarino F, Abyzov A. Efficient reconstruction of cell lineage trees for cell ancestry and cancer. Nucleic Acids Research 2023, 51: e57-e57. PMID: 37026484, PMCID: PMC10250207, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLineage treesCell ancestryCell lineage treesFirst cell divisionStem cell linesPluripotent stem cell lineLineage reconstructionInduced pluripotent stem cell lineCell divisionCancer progressionLineage representationCell linesMosaic mutationsHuman skin fibroblastsTreesMutationsAncestrySkin fibroblastsMultiple cellsGenomeLineagesZygotesLinesFibroblastsCells
2020
PsychENCODE and beyond: transcriptomics and epigenomics of brain development and organoids
Jourdon A, Scuderi S, Capauto D, Abyzov A, Vaccarino FM. PsychENCODE and beyond: transcriptomics and epigenomics of brain development and organoids. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020, 46: 70-85. PMID: 32659782, PMCID: PMC7689467, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0763-3.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRecent single-cell technologiesGene regulatory networksSingle-cell technologiesMulti-omics investigationsPluripotent stem cellsTranscriptional dynamicsBrain developmentCell fateEpigenomic datasetsRegulatory networksElement activityNeural lineagesStem cellsBrain organoidsOrganoidsBiological modelsFetal brainPsychENCODEBrain biologyMajor questionsEpigenomicsFetal tissuesTranscriptomicsLineagesBiologyCell Lineage Tracing and Cellular Diversity in Humans
Abyzov A, Vaccarino FM. Cell Lineage Tracing and Cellular Diversity in Humans. Annual Review Of Genomics And Human Genetics 2020, 21: 101-116. PMID: 32413272, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083118-015241.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsLineage tracingLineage mapCell lineage mapCell lineage tracingDNA methylation statusComplex biological processesMultiple cell typesMulticellular organismsCellular diversityMitochondrial DNALineage hierarchyCell lineagesBiological processesNatural variationCell typesMethylation statusLineagesNoncancerous cellsRecent studiesFetal developmentGeneral conceptual designCellsOrganismsHumansDNA
2017
Different mutational rates and mechanisms in human cells at pregastrulation and neurogenesis
Bae T, Tomasini L, Mariani J, Zhou B, Roychowdhury T, Franjic D, Pletikos M, Pattni R, Chen BJ, Venturini E, Riley-Gillis B, Sestan N, Urban AE, Abyzov A, Vaccarino FM. Different mutational rates and mechanisms in human cells at pregastrulation and neurogenesis. Science 2017, 359: 550-555. PMID: 29217587, PMCID: PMC6311130, DOI: 10.1126/science.aan8690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide variationsMutation rateCancer cell genomeClonal cell populationsCell genomeCell lineagesBackground mutagenesisHuman cellsMutational rateSomatic mosaicismSingle cellsOxidative damageGenomeMutagenesisCell populationsMutation spectrumNeurogenesisCellsHuman fetusesIndividual neuronsLineagesPregastrulationHuman brainBrainMutations