2023
Emergence of division of labor in tissues through cell interactions and spatial cues
Adler M, Moriel N, Goeva A, Avraham-Davidi I, Mages S, Adams T, Kaminski N, Macosko E, Regev A, Medzhitov R, Nitzan M. Emergence of division of labor in tissues through cell interactions and spatial cues. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112412. PMID: 37086403, PMCID: PMC10242439, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingMost cell typesCell-type populationsCell-cell interactionsDistinguishable expression patternsCell population levelSpatial transcriptomics dataCell interactionsLigand-receptor networkMulticellular organismsTranscriptomic dataRNA sequencingInstructive signalsExpression patternsSpecialist cellsCell typesIndividual cellsDivision of laborMultiple functionsTissue environmentSame cellsDifferent functionsPopulation levelCellsDivision
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 visualizationBioinformaticsInteraction