2024
SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data
Liu Y, Li N, Qi J, Xu G, Zhao J, Wang N, Huang X, Jiang W, Wei H, Justet A, Adams T, Homer R, Amei A, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Wang Z, Yan X. SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data. Genome Biology 2024, 25: 271. PMID: 39402626, PMCID: PMC11475911, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03416-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Microenvironmental sensing by fibroblasts controls macrophage population size
Zhou X, Franklin RA, Adler M, Carter TS, Condiff E, Adams TS, Pope SD, Philip NH, Meizlish ML, Kaminski N, Medzhitov R. Microenvironmental sensing by fibroblasts controls macrophage population size. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2205360119. PMID: 35930670, PMCID: PMC9371703, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2205360119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesDensity-dependent gene expressionTGF-β target genesDiverse cell typesActin-dependent mechanismLineage-specific growth factorsDistinct cell typesGrowth factor availabilityActivation of YAP1Different cell typesExpression programsMicroenvironmental sensingTranscriptional coactivatorTarget genesGene expressionPopulation sizeFactor availabilityPopulation numbersTissue environmentTissue integrityHippoProliferation of macrophagesYAP1Animal tissuesMechanical forces
2021
Transcriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis
Vukmirovic M, Yan X, Gibson KF, Gulati M, Schupp JC, DeIuliis G, Adams TS, Hu B, Mihaljinec A, Woolard TN, Lynn H, Emeagwali N, Herzog EL, Chen ES, Morris A, Leader JK, Zhang Y, Garcia JGN, Maier LA, Collman RG, Drake WP, Becich MJ, Hochheiser H, Wisniewski SR, Benos PV, Moller DR, Prasse A, Koth LL, Kaminski N. Transcriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2021, 58: 2002950. PMID: 34083402, PMCID: PMC9759791, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02950-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeighted gene co-expression network analysisGene co-expression network analysisCo-expression network analysisGene expression programsGene expression patternsDistinct transcriptional programsImmune response pathwaysIon Torrent ProtonMicroarray expression datasetsExpression programsTranscriptional programsPhenotypic traitsGene modulesResponse pathwaysRNA sequencingMolecular endotypesExpression patternsGene expressionHilar lymphadenopathyOrgan involvementGenomic researchMechanistic targetExpression datasetsT helper type 1T cell immune responses