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  1. Article ; Online: Spatial transcriptomics deconvolution at single-cell resolution using Redeconve.

    Zhou, Zixiang / Zhong, Yunshan / Zhang, Zemin / Ren, Xianwen

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 7930

    Abstract: Computational deconvolution with single-cell RNA sequencing data as reference is pivotal to interpreting spatial transcriptomics data, but the current methods are limited to cell-type resolution. Here we present Redeconve, an algorithm to deconvolute ... ...

    Abstract Computational deconvolution with single-cell RNA sequencing data as reference is pivotal to interpreting spatial transcriptomics data, but the current methods are limited to cell-type resolution. Here we present Redeconve, an algorithm to deconvolute spatial transcriptomics data at single-cell resolution, enabling interpretation of spatial transcriptomics data with thousands of nuanced cell states. We benchmark Redeconve with the state-of-the-art algorithms on diverse spatial transcriptomics platforms and datasets and demonstrate the superiority of Redeconve in terms of accuracy, resolution, robustness, and speed. Application to a human pancreatic cancer dataset reveals cancer-clone-specific T cell infiltration, and application to lymph node samples identifies differential cytotoxic T cells between IgA+ and IgG+ spots, providing novel insights into tumor immunology and the regulatory mechanisms underlying antibody class switch.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Transcriptome/genetics ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Algorithms ; Benchmarking ; Immunoglobulin Isotypes ; Single-Cell Analysis
    Chemical Substances Immunoglobulin Isotypes
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43600-9
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  2. Article: Editorial: The Genetic Causes Underlying Immune Mediated Disease: A Focus on Autoimmunity and Cancer.

    Jiménez-Morales, Silvia / Ren, Xianwen / Dean, Michael

    Frontiers in genetics

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 889160

    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-25
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2022.889160
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  3. Article ; Online: Human Genetic Variants Associated with COVID-19 Severity are Enriched in Immune and Epithelium Regulatory Networks.

    Feng, Zhanying / Ren, Xianwen / Duren, Zhana / Wang, Yong

    Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 2, Issue 6, Page(s) 389–403

    Abstract: Human genetic variants can influence the severity of symptoms infected with SARS-COV-2. Several genome-wide association studies have identified human genomic risk single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ... ...

    Abstract Human genetic variants can influence the severity of symptoms infected with SARS-COV-2. Several genome-wide association studies have identified human genomic risk single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity. However, the causal tissues or cell types underlying COVID-19 severity are uncertain. In addition, candidate genes associated with these risk SNPs were investigated based on genomic proximity instead of their functional cellular contexts. Here, we compiled regulatory networks of 77 human contexts and revealed those risk SNPs' enriched cellular contexts and associated risk SNPs with transcription factors, regulatory elements, and target genes. Twenty-one human contexts were identified and grouped into two categories: immune cells and epithelium cells. We further aggregated the regulatory networks of immune cells and epithelium cells. These two aggregated regulatory networks were investigated to reveal their association with risk SNPs' regulation. Two genomic clusters, the chemokine receptors cluster and the oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) cluster, showed the strongest association with COVID-19 severity, and they had different regulatory programs in immune and epithelium contexts. Our findings were supported by analysis of both SNP array and whole genome sequencing-based genome wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43657-022-00066-x.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2730-5848
    ISSN (online) 2730-5848
    DOI 10.1007/s43657-022-00066-x
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  4. Article ; Online: Toward a more systematic understanding of bacterial virulence factors and establishing Koch postulates in silico.

    Ren, Xianwen

    Virulence

    2013  Volume 4, Issue 6, Page(s) 437–438

    MeSH term(s) Bacteria/pathogenicity ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Humans ; Virulence Factors/chemistry ; Virulence Factors/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; Virulence Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-08-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2657572-3
    ISSN 2150-5608 ; 2150-5594
    ISSN (online) 2150-5608
    ISSN 2150-5594
    DOI 10.4161/viru.26211
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  5. Article ; Online: Understanding tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes by single cell RNA sequencing.

    Ren, Xianwen / Zhang, Zemin

    Advances in immunology

    2019  Volume 144, Page(s) 217–245

    Abstract: The clinical success of immune checkpoint blockade provides great hope for curing cancers. However, the patient responses are not even. Precise understanding of tumor immunity is necessary to improving the current cancer immunotherapies and to developing ...

    Abstract The clinical success of immune checkpoint blockade provides great hope for curing cancers. However, the patient responses are not even. Precise understanding of tumor immunity is necessary to improving the current cancer immunotherapies and to developing new treatment options. Here we applied full-length single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) to three cancer types and provide a comprehensive single T cell data resource for understanding various characteristics of tumor-infiltrating T cells. We also developed an analytical framework named as STARTRAC to quantitatively characterize the dynamic properties of various T cell subsets including tissue preference, clonal expansion, migration, and state transitions from the scRNA-seq snapshots of tumor immune microenvironments. Conserved and cancer type-specific T cell subsets and developmental patterns were revealed, and detailed molecular portrait of the tumor immunity-relevant T cell clusters were provided, shedding lights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the composition, heterogeneity, and formation of tumor immune microenvironments. Important genes such as LAYN and IGFLR1 also provided new options for future development of cancer therapeutics.
    MeSH term(s) CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/immunology ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics ; Colorectal Neoplasms/immunology ; Humans ; Lectins, C-Type/genetics ; Lectins, C-Type/metabolism ; Liver Neoplasms/genetics ; Liver Neoplasms/immunology ; Lung Neoplasms/genetics ; Lung Neoplasms/immunology ; Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology ; RNA-Seq ; Single-Cell Analysis ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Tumor Microenvironment/immunology
    Chemical Substances LAYN protein, human ; Lectins, C-Type
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80226-8
    ISSN 1557-8445 ; 0065-2776
    ISSN (online) 1557-8445
    ISSN 0065-2776
    DOI 10.1016/bs.ai.2019.08.004
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  6. Article: Distinctive Network Topology of Phase-Separated Proteins in Human Interactome

    Yu, Chunyu / Lang, Yunzhi / Hou, Chao / Yang, Ence / Ren, Xianwen / Li, Tingting

    Journal of molecular biology. 2022 Jan. 15, v. 434, no. 1

    2022  

    Abstract: Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an important mechanism that mediates the formation of biomolecular condensates. Despite the immense interest in LLPS, phase-separated proteins verified by experiments are still limited, and identification of phase- ...

    Abstract Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an important mechanism that mediates the formation of biomolecular condensates. Despite the immense interest in LLPS, phase-separated proteins verified by experiments are still limited, and identification of phase-separated proteins at proteome-scale is a challenging task. Multivalent interaction among macromolecules is the driving force of LLPS, which suggests that phase-separated proteins may harbor distinct biological characteristics in protein–protein interactions (PPIs). In this study, we constructed an integrated human PPI network (HPIN) and mapped phase-separated proteins into it. Analysis of the network parameters revealed differences of network topology between phase-separated proteins and others. The results further suggested the efficiency when applying topological similarities in distinguishing components of MLOs. Furthermore, we found that affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS) detects PPIs more effectively than yeast-two hybrid system (Y2H) in phase separation-driven condensates. Our work provides the first global view of the distinct network topology of phase-separated proteins in human interactome, suggesting incorporation of PPI network for LLPS prediction in further studies.
    Keywords humans ; mass spectrometry ; molecular biology ; prediction ; separation ; topology
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0115
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 80229-3
    ISSN 1089-8638 ; 0022-2836
    ISSN (online) 1089-8638
    ISSN 0022-2836
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167292
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  7. Article ; Online: Direct Comparative Analyses of 10X Genomics Chromium and Smart-seq2.

    Wang, Xiliang / He, Yao / Zhang, Qiming / Ren, Xianwen / Zhang, Zemin

    Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics

    2021  Volume 19, Issue 2, Page(s) 253–266

    Abstract: Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is generally used for profiling transcriptome of individual cells. The droplet-based 10X Genomics Chromium (10X) approach and the plate-based Smart-seq2 full-length method are two frequently used scRNA-seq platforms, ...

    Abstract Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is generally used for profiling transcriptome of individual cells. The droplet-based 10X Genomics Chromium (10X) approach and the plate-based Smart-seq2 full-length method are two frequently used scRNA-seq platforms, yet there are only a few thorough and systematic comparisons of their advantages and limitations. Here, by directly comparing the scRNA-seq data generated by these two platforms from the same samples of CD45
    MeSH term(s) Chromium ; Gene Expression Profiling/methods ; Genomics ; RNA-Seq ; Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods ; Single-Cell Analysis/methods
    Chemical Substances Chromium (0R0008Q3JB)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-02
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2240213-5
    ISSN 2210-3244 ; 1672-0229
    ISSN (online) 2210-3244
    ISSN 1672-0229
    DOI 10.1016/j.gpb.2020.02.005
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  8. Article: Identification of transcriptional isoforms associated with survival in cancer patient.

    Tang, Zefang / Chen, Tianxiang / Ren, Xianwen / Zhang, Zemin

    Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao

    2019  Volume 46, Issue 9, Page(s) 413–421

    Abstract: The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project produced RNA-Seq data for tens of thousands of cancer and non-cancer samples with clinical survival information, providing an unprecedented opportunity for analyzing prognostic genes and their isoforms. In this ... ...

    Abstract The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project produced RNA-Seq data for tens of thousands of cancer and non-cancer samples with clinical survival information, providing an unprecedented opportunity for analyzing prognostic genes and their isoforms. In this study, we performed the first large-scale identification of transcriptional isoforms that are specifically associated with patient prognosis, even without gene-level association. These specific isoforms are defined as Transcripts Associated with Patient Prognosis (TAPPs). Although a group of TAPPs are the principal isoforms of their genes with intact functional protein domains, another group of TAPPs lack important protein domains found in their canonical gene isoforms. This dichotomy in the distribution of protein domains may indicate different patterns of TAPPs association with cancer. TAPPs in protein-coding genes, especially those with altered protein domains, are rich in known cancer driver genes. We further identified multiple types of cancer recurrent TAPPs, such as DCAF17-201, providing a new approach for the detection of cancer-associated events. In order to make the wide research community to study prognostic isoforms, we developed a portal named GESUR (http://gesur.cancer-pku.cn/), which illustrates the detailed prognostic characteristics of TAPPs and other isoforms. Overall, our integrated analysis of gene expression and clinical parameters provides a new perspective for understanding the applications of different gene isoforms in tumor progression.
    MeSH term(s) Alternative Splicing/genetics ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics ; Humans ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/genetics ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Prognosis ; Protein Isoforms/genetics ; Protein Isoforms/metabolism ; Sequence Analysis, RNA
    Chemical Substances Protein Isoforms
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-25
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2374568-X
    ISSN 1873-5533 ; 1673-8527
    ISSN (online) 1873-5533
    ISSN 1673-8527
    DOI 10.1016/j.jgg.2019.08.003
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  9. Article ; Online: scRNAss: a single-cell RNA-seq assembler via imputing dropouts and combing junctions.

    Liu, Juntao / Liu, Xiangyu / Ren, Xianwen / Li, Guojun

    Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

    2019  Volume 35, Issue 21, Page(s) 4264–4271

    Abstract: Motivation: Full-length transcript reconstruction is essential for single-cell RNA-seq data analysis, but dropout events, which can cause transcripts discarded completely or broken into pieces, pose great challenges for transcript assembly. Currently ... ...

    Abstract Motivation: Full-length transcript reconstruction is essential for single-cell RNA-seq data analysis, but dropout events, which can cause transcripts discarded completely or broken into pieces, pose great challenges for transcript assembly. Currently available RNA-seq assemblers are generally designed for bulk RNA sequencing. To fill the gap, we introduce single-cell RNA-seq assembler, a method that applies explicit strategies to impute lost information caused by dropout events and a combing strategy to infer transcripts using scRNA-seq.
    Results: Extensive evaluations on both simulated and biological datasets demonstrated its superiority over the state-of-the-art RNA-seq assemblers including StringTie, Cufflinks and CLASS2. In particular, it showed a remarkable capability of recovering unknown 'novel' isoforms and highly computational efficiency compared to other tools.
    Availability and implementation: scRNAss is free, open-source software available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/single-cell-rna-seq-assembly/files/.
    Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
    MeSH term(s) RNA-Seq ; Sequence Analysis, RNA ; Single-Cell Analysis ; Software ; Whole Exome Sequencing
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-04-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1422668-6
    ISSN 1367-4811 ; 1367-4803
    ISSN (online) 1367-4811
    ISSN 1367-4803
    DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz240
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  10. Article ; Online: SSCC: A Novel Computational Framework for Rapid and Accurate Clustering Large-scale Single Cell RNA-seq Data.

    Ren, Xianwen / Zheng, Liangtao / Zhang, Zemin

    Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics

    2019  Volume 17, Issue 2, Page(s) 201–210

    Abstract: Clustering is a prevalent analytical means to analyze single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data but the rapidly expanding data volume can make this process computationally challenging. New methods for both accurate and efficient clustering are of ... ...

    Abstract Clustering is a prevalent analytical means to analyze single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data but the rapidly expanding data volume can make this process computationally challenging. New methods for both accurate and efficient clustering are of pressing need. Here we proposed Spearman subsampling-clustering-classification (SSCC), a new clustering framework based on random projection and feature construction, for large-scale scRNA-seq data. SSCC greatly improves clustering accuracy, robustness, and computational efficacy for various state-of-the-art algorithms benchmarked on multiple real datasets. On a dataset with 68,578 human blood cells, SSCC achieved 20% improvement for clustering accuracy and 50-fold acceleration, but only consumed 66% memory usage, compared to the widelyused software package SC3. Compared to k-means, the accuracy improvement of SSCC can reach 3-fold. An R implementation of SSCC is available at https://github.com/Japrin/sscClust.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Animals ; Cluster Analysis ; Computational Biology/methods ; Databases as Topic ; Gene Expression Profiling/methods ; Humans ; Mice ; Sequence Analysis, RNA ; Single-Cell Analysis ; Software ; Statistics, Nonparametric
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-13
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2240213-5
    ISSN 2210-3244 ; 1672-0229
    ISSN (online) 2210-3244
    ISSN 1672-0229
    DOI 10.1016/j.gpb.2018.10.003
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