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  1. Article ; Online: What fraction of cellular DNA turnover becomes cfDNA?

    Sender, Ron / Noor, Elad / Milo, Ron / Dor, Yuval

    eLife

    2024  Volume 12

    Abstract: Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) tests use small amounts of DNA in the bloodstream as biomarkers. While it is thought that cfDNA is largely released by dying cells, the proportion of dying cells' DNA that reaches the bloodstream is unknown. Here, we integrate ... ...

    Abstract Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) tests use small amounts of DNA in the bloodstream as biomarkers. While it is thought that cfDNA is largely released by dying cells, the proportion of dying cells' DNA that reaches the bloodstream is unknown. Here, we integrate estimates of cellular turnover rates to calculate the expected amount of cfDNA. By comparing this to the actual amount of cell type-specific cfDNA, we estimate the proportion of DNA reaching plasma as cfDNA. We demonstrate that <10% of the DNA from dying cells is detectable in plasma, and the ratios of measured to expected cfDNA levels vary a thousand-fold among cell types, often reaching well below 0.1%. The analysis suggests that local clearance, presumably via phagocytosis, takes up most of the dying cells' DNA. Insights into the underlying mechanism may help to understand the physiological significance of cfDNA and improve the sensitivity of liquid biopsies.
    MeSH term(s) Cell-Free Nucleic Acids ; Phagocytosis ; Liquid Biopsy ; DNA ; Kinetics
    Chemical Substances Cell-Free Nucleic Acids ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.89321
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  2. Article ; Online: The distribution of cellular turnover in the human body.

    Sender, Ron / Milo, Ron

    Nature medicine

    2021  Volume 27, Issue 1, Page(s) 45–48

    Abstract: We integrated ubiquity, mass and lifespan of all major cell types to achieve a comprehensive quantitative description of cellular turnover. We found a total cellular mass turnover of 80 ± 20 grams per day, dominated by blood cells and gut epithelial ... ...

    Abstract We integrated ubiquity, mass and lifespan of all major cell types to achieve a comprehensive quantitative description of cellular turnover. We found a total cellular mass turnover of 80 ± 20 grams per day, dominated by blood cells and gut epithelial cells. In terms of cell numbers, close to 90% of the (0.33 ± 0.02) × 10
    MeSH term(s) Blood Cells/cytology ; Cellular Senescence ; Epithelial Cells/cytology ; Humans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1220066-9
    ISSN 1546-170X ; 1078-8956
    ISSN (online) 1546-170X
    ISSN 1078-8956
    DOI 10.1038/s41591-020-01182-9
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  3. Article ; Online: The unmitigated profile of COVID-19 infectiousness.

    Sender, Ron / Bar-On, Yinon / Park, Sang Woo / Noor, Elad / Dushoff, Jonathan / Milo, Ron

    eLife

    2022  Volume 11

    Abstract: Quantifying the temporal dynamics of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for understanding the spread of COVID-19 and for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Many studies have estimated the infectiousness ... ...

    Abstract Quantifying the temporal dynamics of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for understanding the spread of COVID-19 and for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Many studies have estimated the infectiousness profile using observed serial intervals. However, statistical and epidemiological biases could lead to underestimation of the duration of infectiousness. We correct for these biases by curating data from the initial outbreak of the pandemic in China (when mitigation was minimal), and find that the infectiousness profile of the original strain is longer than previously thought. Sensitivity analysis shows our results are robust to model structure, assumed growth rate and potential observational biases. Although unmitigated transmission data is lacking for variants of concern (VOCs), previous analyses suggest that the alpha and delta variants have faster within-host kinetics, which we extrapolate to crude estimates of variant-specific unmitigated generation intervals. Knowing the unmitigated infectiousness profile of infected individuals can inform estimates of the effectiveness of isolation and quarantine measures. The framework presented here can help design better quarantine policies in early stages of future epidemics.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19/transmission ; COVID-19/virology ; Humans ; Quarantine ; SARS-CoV-2/pathogenicity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.79134
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  4. Article ; Online: The unmitigated profile of COVID-19 infectiousness

    Ron Sender / Yinon Bar-On / Sang Woo Park / Elad Noor / Jonathan Dushoff / Ron Milo

    eLife, Vol

    2022  Volume 11

    Abstract: Quantifying the temporal dynamics of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for understanding the spread of COVID-19 and for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Many studies have estimated the infectiousness ... ...

    Abstract Quantifying the temporal dynamics of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for understanding the spread of COVID-19 and for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Many studies have estimated the infectiousness profile using observed serial intervals. However, statistical and epidemiological biases could lead to underestimation of the duration of infectiousness. We correct for these biases by curating data from the initial outbreak of the pandemic in China (when mitigation was minimal), and find that the infectiousness profile of the original strain is longer than previously thought. Sensitivity analysis shows our results are robust to model structure, assumed growth rate and potential observational biases. Although unmitigated transmission data is lacking for variants of concern (VOCs), previous analyses suggest that the alpha and delta variants have faster within-host kinetics, which we extrapolate to crude estimates of variant-specific unmitigated generation intervals. Knowing the unmitigated infectiousness profile of infected individuals can inform estimates of the effectiveness of isolation and quarantine measures. The framework presented here can help design better quarantine policies in early stages of future epidemics.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; generation interval ; epidemiology ; mitigation ; Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: The total mass, number, and distribution of immune cells in the human body.

    Sender, Ron / Weiss, Yarden / Navon, Yoav / Milo, Idan / Azulay, Nofar / Keren, Leeat / Fuchs, Shai / Ben-Zvi, Danny / Noor, Elad / Milo, Ron

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2023  Volume 120, Issue 44, Page(s) e2308511120

    Abstract: The immune system is a complex network of cells with critical functions in health and disease. However, a comprehensive census of the cells comprising the immune system is lacking. Here, we estimated the abundance of the primary immune cell types ... ...

    Abstract The immune system is a complex network of cells with critical functions in health and disease. However, a comprehensive census of the cells comprising the immune system is lacking. Here, we estimated the abundance of the primary immune cell types throughout all tissues in the human body. We conducted a literature survey and integrated data from multiplexed imaging and methylome-based deconvolution. We also considered cellular mass to determine the distribution of immune cells in terms of both number and total mass. Our results indicate that the immune system of a reference 73 kg man consists of 1.8 × 10
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Human Body ; Lymphocytes ; Lymph Nodes ; Spleen ; Macrophages
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2308511120
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  6. Article ; Online: The global biomass of wild mammals.

    Greenspoon, Lior / Krieger, Eyal / Sender, Ron / Rosenberg, Yuval / Bar-On, Yinon M / Moran, Uri / Antman, Tomer / Meiri, Shai / Roll, Uri / Noor, Elad / Milo, Ron

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2023  Volume 120, Issue 10, Page(s) e2204892120

    Abstract: Wild mammals are icons of conservation efforts, yet there is no rigorous estimate available for their overall global biomass. Biomass as a metric allows us to compare species with very different body sizes, and can serve as an indicator of wild mammal ... ...

    Abstract Wild mammals are icons of conservation efforts, yet there is no rigorous estimate available for their overall global biomass. Biomass as a metric allows us to compare species with very different body sizes, and can serve as an indicator of wild mammal presence, trends, and impacts, on a global scale. Here, we compiled estimates of the total abundance (i.e., the number of individuals) of several hundred mammal species from the available data, and used these to build a model that infers the total biomass of terrestrial mammal species for which the global abundance is unknown. We present a detailed assessment, arriving at a total wet biomass of ≈20 million tonnes (Mt) for all terrestrial wild mammals (95% CI 13-38 Mt), i.e., ≈3 kg per person on earth. The primary contributors to the biomass of wild land mammals are large herbivores such as the white-tailed deer, wild boar, and African elephant. We find that even-hoofed mammals (artiodactyls, such as deer and boars) represent about half of the combined mass of terrestrial wild mammals. In addition, we estimated the total biomass of wild marine mammals at ≈40 Mt (95% CI 20-80 Mt), with baleen whales comprising more than half of this mass. In order to put wild mammal biomass into perspective, we additionally estimate the biomass of the remaining members of the class Mammalia. The total mammal biomass is overwhelmingly dominated by livestock (≈630 Mt) and humans (≈390 Mt). This work is a provisional census of wild mammal biomass on Earth and can serve as a benchmark for human impacts.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Swine ; Deer ; Biomass ; Cetacea ; Caniformia ; Sus scrofa
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2204892120
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  7. Article: The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions.

    Sender, Ron / Bar-On, Yinon M / Gleizer, Shmuel / Bernsthein, Biana / Flamholz, Avi / Phillips, Rob / Milo, Ron

    medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

    2021  

    Abstract: Quantitatively describing the time course of the SARS-CoV-2 infection within an infected individual is important for understanding the current global pandemic and possible ways to combat it. Here we integrate the best current knowledge about the typical ... ...

    Abstract Quantitatively describing the time course of the SARS-CoV-2 infection within an infected individual is important for understanding the current global pandemic and possible ways to combat it. Here we integrate the best current knowledge about the typical viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in bodily fluids and host tissues to estimate the total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions in an infected person. We estimate that each infected person carries 10
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2020.11.16.20232009
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  8. Article ; Online: The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions.

    Sender, Ron / Bar-On, Yinon M / Gleizer, Shmuel / Bernshtein, Biana / Flamholz, Avi / Phillips, Rob / Milo, Ron

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2021  Volume 118, Issue 25

    Abstract: Quantitatively describing the time course of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection within an infected individual is important for understanding the current global pandemic and possible ways to combat it. Here we ... ...

    Abstract Quantitatively describing the time course of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection within an infected individual is important for understanding the current global pandemic and possible ways to combat it. Here we integrate the best current knowledge about the typical viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in bodily fluids and host tissues to estimate the total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions in an infected person. We estimate that each infected person carries 10
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/virology ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2/physiology ; Serologic Tests ; Viral Load ; Virion/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2024815118
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  9. Article ; Online: Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans.

    Sender, Ron / Fuchs, Shai / Milo, Ron

    Cell

    2016  Volume 164, Issue 3, Page(s) 337–340

    Abstract: It is often presented as common knowledge that, in the human body, bacteria outnumber human cells by a ratio of at least 10:1. Revisiting the question, we find that the ratio is much closer to 1:1. ...

    Abstract It is often presented as common knowledge that, in the human body, bacteria outnumber human cells by a ratio of at least 10:1. Revisiting the question, we find that the ratio is much closer to 1:1.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Bacteria/cytology ; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena ; Body Weight ; Cell Count ; Colon/microbiology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Microbiota ; Symbiosis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-01-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.013
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  10. Article ; Online: Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body.

    Sender, Ron / Fuchs, Shai / Milo, Ron

    PLoS biology

    2016  Volume 14, Issue 8, Page(s) e1002533

    Abstract: Reported values in the literature on the number of cells in the body differ by orders of magnitude and are very seldom supported by any measurements or calculations. Here, we integrate the most up-to-date information on the number of human and bacterial ... ...

    Abstract Reported values in the literature on the number of cells in the body differ by orders of magnitude and are very seldom supported by any measurements or calculations. Here, we integrate the most up-to-date information on the number of human and bacterial cells in the body. We estimate the total number of bacteria in the 70 kg "reference man" to be 3.8·1013. For human cells, we identify the dominant role of the hematopoietic lineage to the total count (≈90%) and revise past estimates to 3.0·1013 human cells. Our analysis also updates the widely-cited 10:1 ratio, showing that the number of bacteria in the body is actually of the same order as the number of human cells, and their total mass is about 0.2 kg.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Bacteria/cytology ; Bacteria/growth & development ; Bacterial Load ; Body Weights and Measures ; Cell Count ; Humans ; Male ; Microbiota ; Organ Specificity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-08-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2126776-5
    ISSN 1545-7885 ; 1544-9173
    ISSN (online) 1545-7885
    ISSN 1544-9173
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002533
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