2024
Gene trajectory inference for single-cell data by optimal transport metrics
Qu R, Cheng X, Sefik E, Stanley III J, Landa B, Strino F, Platt S, Garritano J, Odell I, Coifman R, Flavell R, Myung P, Kluger Y. Gene trajectory inference for single-cell data by optimal transport metrics. Nature Biotechnology 2024, 1-11. PMID: 38580861, DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02186-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene dynamicsGene programTrajectory inferenceBiological processesCell-cell graphDynamics of genesCell trajectory inferenceSingle-cell RNA sequencingSingle-cell dataCell state transitionsMyeloid lineage maturationDynamics of biological processesGene distributionRNA sequencingPseudotemporal orderingGene processingTrajectories of cellsGenesActivity of biological processesTechnical noiseGroups of cellsLineage maturationCellsConstruct cellsSequence
2023
IL-6 trans-signaling in a humanized mouse model of scleroderma
Odell I, Agrawal K, Sefik E, Odell A, Caves E, Kirkiles-Smith N, Horsley V, Hinchcliff M, Pober J, Kluger Y, Flavell R. IL-6 trans-signaling in a humanized mouse model of scleroderma. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2306965120. PMID: 37669366, PMCID: PMC10500188, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306965120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived immune cellsIL-6Human hematopoietic stem cellsImmune cellsT cellsScleroderma skinSoluble IL-6 receptorCD8 T cellsHumanized mouse modelPathogenesis of sclerodermaMesenchymal cellsFibroblast-derived IL-6IL-6 receptorIL-6 signalingT cell activationHuman IL-6Human T cellsExpression of collagenFibrosis improvementPansclerotic morpheaHuman endothelial cellsHumanized miceReduced markersSkin graftsHuman CD4