2023
Multi-omic profiling of the developing human cerebral cortex at the single-cell level
Zhu K, Bendl J, Rahman S, Vicari J, Coleman C, Clarence T, Latouche O, Tsankova N, Li A, Brennand K, Lee D, Yuan G, Fullard J, Roussos P. Multi-omic profiling of the developing human cerebral cortex at the single-cell level. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadg3754. PMID: 37824614, PMCID: PMC10569714, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCis-regulatory elementsChromatin accessibilityGene expressionPseudotime trajectory analysisNeuronal lineage commitmentMulti-omics profilingSingle-cell levelSpecific genetic lociDevelopmental time pointsChromatin structureType-specific domainsLineage determinationCellular complexityLineage commitmentNeuropsychiatric traitsComplex regulationGenetic lociSpatiotemporal activityDynamic changesCritical roleExpressionSpatiotemporal alterationsCell compositionCritical stageNeuropsychiatric diseases
2022
A translational genomics approach identifies IL10RB as the top candidate gene target for COVID-19 susceptibility
Voloudakis G, Vicari J, Venkatesh S, Hoffman G, Dobrindt K, Zhang W, Beckmann N, Higgins C, Argyriou S, Jiang S, Hoagland D, Gao L, Corvelo A, Cho K, Lee K, Bian J, Lee J, Iyengar S, Luoh S, Akbarian S, Striker R, Assimes T, Schadt E, Lynch J, Merad M, tenOever B, Charney A, Brennand K, Fullard J, Roussos P. A translational genomics approach identifies IL10RB as the top candidate gene target for COVID-19 susceptibility. Npj Genomic Medicine 2022, 7: 52. PMID: 36064543, PMCID: PMC9441828, DOI: 10.1038/s41525-022-00324-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCandidate gene targetsGene targetsTranslational genomics approachesHost susceptibilityGenomic approachesGenetic susceptibility variantsGenetic lociDruggable genesGene expressionMolecular pathwaysSusceptibility variantsCOVID-19 susceptibilityGenetic findingsApproach identifiesExpressionCOVID-19 patient bloodCritical next stepGenesLociOverexpressionTargetPathwaySusceptibilityIL10RBRecent efforts