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ArticleNature biotechnology2011

Tracking single hematopoietic stem cells in vivo using high-throughput sequencing in conjunction with viral genetic barcoding.

Rong Lu, Norma F Neff, Stephen R Quake, Irving L Weissman

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 247 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rong LuSchool of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. rlu@stanford.edu
Norma F Neff
Stephen R Quake
Irving L Weissman

Funding

Interrogation of individual cells to identify progenitors and their nichesU01HL099999 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEISSMAN, IRVING L. · 2009 to 2015
$7.8M
Interrogation of individual cells to identify progenitor cells and their nichesU01HL099995 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KRASNOW, MARK A · 2009 to 2015
$7.0M
HSC Diversity: Regulation by Clonal Selection vs Epigenetic InductionR01CA086065 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEISSMAN, IRVING L. · 2000 to 2017
$6.9M
HOMING RECEPTOR DETERMINANTS ON HSCR01HL058770 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEISSMAN, IRVING L. · 1998 to 2013
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA086065NCI NIH HHS R01-CA86065NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058770NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL099995NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL099999NHLBI NIH HHS U01-HL099999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disentangling cellular heterogeneity is a challenge in many fields, particularly in the stem cell and cancer biology fields. Here we demonstrate how to combine viral genetic barcoding with high-throughput sequencing to track single cells in a heterogeneous population. We use this technique to track the in vivo differentiation of unitary hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). The results are consistent with single-cell transplantation studies but require two orders of magnitude fewer mice. In addition to its high throughput, the high sensitivity of the technique allows for a direct examination of the clonality of sparse cell populations such as HSCs. We show how these capabilities offer a clonal perspective of the HSC differentiation process. In particular, our data suggest that HSCs do not equally contribute to blood cells after irradiation-mediated transplantation, and that two distinct HSC differentiation patterns co-exist in the same recipient mouse after irradiation. This technique can be applied to any virus-accessible cell type for both in vitro and in vivo processes.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageClone CellsDNA Barcoding, TaxonomicGene LibraryHematopoietic Stem CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingLentivirusMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRadiationSequence Analysis, DNASingle-Cell Analysis

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PMID21964413
PMCPMC3196379

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