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
2013
Mosaic Copy Number Variation in Human Neurons
McConnell MJ, Lindberg MR, Brennand KJ, Piper JC, Voet T, Cowing-Zitron C, Shumilina S, Lasken RS, Vermeesch JR, Hall IM, Gage FH. Mosaic Copy Number Variation in Human Neurons. Science 2013, 342: 632-637. PMID: 24179226, PMCID: PMC3975283, DOI: 10.1126/science.1243472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopy number variationsHiPSC-derived neuronsSingle-cell genomic approachesNumber variationsDNA copy number variationsSingle-cell sequencingHuman neuronsLarge copy number variationsStem cell linesNeural progenitor cellsNovo copy-number variationsPluripotent stem cell lineAneuploid neuronsGenomic approachesDe novo copy-number variationsSubchromosomal copy number variationsAberrant genomesFrontal cortex neuronsLarge deletionsProgenitor cellsCell linesSubset of neuronsEuploid neuronsDeletionMultiple alterations