2024
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human pleura reveals stromal heterogeneity and informs in vitro models of mesothelioma
Obacz J, Valer J, Nibhani R, Adams T, Schupp J, Veale N, Lewis-Wade A, Flint J, Hogan J, Aresu G, Coonar A, Peryt A, Biffi G, Kaminski N, Francies H, Rassl D, Garnett M, Rintoul R, Marciniak S. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human pleura reveals stromal heterogeneity and informs in vitro models of mesothelioma. European Respiratory Journal 2024, 63: 2300143. PMID: 38212075, PMCID: PMC10809128, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00143-2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell transcriptome atlasSingle-cell levelSingle-cell transcriptome analysisTranscriptome dataTranscriptomic atlasTranscriptomic characterisationMesothelial cellsCell atlasDevelopment of targeted therapiesMalignant mesothelial cellsModel of mesotheliomaUniversal fibroblastsIn vitro model
2022
Comprehensive visualization of cell–cell interactions in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics with NICHES
Raredon M, Yang J, Kothapalli N, Lewis W, Kaminski N, Niklason L, Kluger Y. Comprehensive visualization of cell–cell interactions in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics with NICHES. Bioinformatics 2022, 39: btac775. PMID: 36458905, PMCID: PMC9825783, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-cell interactionsCell-cell signalingSingle-cell resolutionSingle-cell dataLocal cellular microenvironmentSingle-cell levelSpatial transcriptomics dataCell clustersExtracellular signalingTranscriptomic dataGene expression valuesSpatial transcriptomicsSignaling mechanismCellular microenvironmentNicheExpression valuesSupplementary dataSignalingTranscriptomicsComprehensive visualizationBioinformaticsInteractionBronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro
Uthaya Kumar DB, Motakis E, Yurieva M, Kohar V, Martinek J, Wu TC, Khoury J, Grassmann J, Lu M, Palucka K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Williams A. Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2022, 322: l822-l841. PMID: 35438006, PMCID: PMC9142163, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein codingEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionLncRNA genesEMT inductionSingle-cell RNA sequencingSingle-cell RNA-seq dataEpithelial-mesenchymal plasticityRNA-seq dataMechanisms of EMTSingle-cell levelEpithelial cell typesRole of EMTTranscriptional reprogrammingHuman bronchial epithelial cellsRNA genesEMT gene signatureTranscriptional changesTranscriptional differencesRNA sequencingSpecific lncRNAsBronchial epithelial cellsDifferential expressionMyofibroblast conversionCell typesGenes