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ArticleNature biotechnology2015

Decoding the regulatory network of early blood development from single-cell gene expression measurements.

Victoria Moignard, Steven Woodhouse, Laleh Haghverdi, Andrew J Lilly, Yosuke Tanaka, Adam C Wilkinson, Florian Buettner, Iain C Macaulay, Wajid Jawaid, Evangelia Diamanti and 6 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 208 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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208 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 418 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Victoria Moignard *Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Steven Woodhouse *Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Laleh HaghverdiInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Andrew J LillyCancer Research UK Stem Cell Haematopoiesis Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Yosuke TanakaDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Adam C WilkinsonDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Florian BuettnerInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Iain C MacaulaySanger Institute-EBI Single Cell Genomics Centre, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Wajid JawaidDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Evangelia DiamantiDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Shin-Ichi NishikawaLaboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan.
Nir PitermanDepartment of Computer Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Valerie KouskoffCancer Research UK Stem Cell Haematopoiesis Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Fabian J TheisInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Jasmin FisherMicrosoft Research Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Berthold GöttgensDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GBHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Leicester · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I00050X/1Cancer Research UK 12486Cancer Research UK 12765Medical Research Council G0900951Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009Medical Research Council MR/M008975/1Wellcome Trust 097922Wellcome Trust 100140Wellcome Trust 97922
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reconstruction of the molecular pathways controlling organ development has been hampered by a lack of methods to resolve embryonic progenitor cells. Here we describe a strategy to address this problem that combines gene expression profiling of large numbers of single cells with data analysis based on diffusion maps for dimensionality reduction and network synthesis from state transition graphs. Applying the approach to hematopoietic development in the mouse embryo, we map the progression of mesoderm toward blood using single-cell gene expression analysis of 3,934 cells with blood-forming potential captured at four time points between E7.0 and E8.5. Transitions between individual cellular states are then used as input to develop a single-cell network synthesis toolkit to generate a computationally executable transcriptional regulatory network model of blood development. Several model predictions concerning the roles of Sox and Hox factors are validated experimentally. Our results demonstrate that single-cell analysis of a developing organ coupled with computational approaches can reveal the transcriptional programs that underpin organogenesis.

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Gene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksAnimalsBase SequenceBlood CellsComputer SimulationDiffusionFemaleGastrulationGene Expression ProfilingMaleMice, Inbred ICRModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscription, Genetic

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PMCPMC4374163
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