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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlastomeresCell LineageFemaleGerm CellsGerm-Line MutationHumansMaleMutationPedigreeZygote
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
2021
Landmarks of human embryonic development inscribed in somatic mutations
Bizzotto S, Dou Y, Ganz J, Doan R, Kwon M, Bohrson C, Kim S, Bae T, Abyzov A, Network† N, Park P, Walsh C. Landmarks of human embryonic development inscribed in somatic mutations. Science 2021, 371: 1249-1253. PMID: 33737485, PMCID: PMC8170505, DOI: 10.1126/science.abe1544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic single nucleotide variantsHuman embryonic developmentEmbryonic developmentEarly embryonic cell divisionsTransposase-accessible chromatin sequencingSingle cellsSingle-nucleus assayHigh-depth whole-genome sequencingSingle-nucleus RNA sequencingEmbryonic cell divisionCell lineage informationDistinct germ layersOnset of gastrulationSingle nucleotide variantsOrganismal developmentWhole-genome sequencingExtraembryonic tissuesCell divisionRNA sequencingProgenitor poolLineage informationGerm layersEarly progenitorsMultiple tissuesSequencing
2020
Cell 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