Single-cell RNA-seq: advances and future challenges
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- Phenotypically identical cells can dramatically vary with respect to behavior during their lifespan and this variation is reflected in their molecular composition such as the transcriptomic landscape. Singlecell transcriptomics using next-generation transcript sequencing (RNA-seq) is now emerging as a powerful tool to profile cell-to-cell variability on a genomic scale. Its application has already greatly impacted our conceptual understanding of diverse biological processes with broad implications for both basic and clinical research. DifferentPhenotypically identical cells can dramatically vary with respect to behavior during their lifespan and this variation is reflected in their molecular composition such as the transcriptomic landscape. Singlecell transcriptomics using next-generation transcript sequencing (RNA-seq) is now emerging as a powerful tool to profile cell-to-cell variability on a genomic scale. Its application has already greatly impacted our conceptual understanding of diverse biological processes with broad implications for both basic and clinical research. Different single-cell RNAseq protocols have been introduced and are reviewed here – each one with its own strengths and current limitations. We further provide an overview of the biological questions single-cell RNA-seq has been used to address, the major findings obtained from such studies, and current challenges and expected future developments in this booming field.…
Author: | Stanislaw A. Gorski, Jörg Vogel, Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Alexander J. Westermann |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-110993 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Source: | Nucleic Acids Research, 2014, Vol. 42, No. 14, 8845–8860, doi: 10.1093/nar/gku555 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku555 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
GND Keyword: | RNS |
Release Date: | 2015/03/18 |
Collections: | Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2014 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |