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ArticleNature communications2017

Single-cell RNA-sequencing uncovers transcriptional states and fate decisions in haematopoiesis.

Emmanouil I Athanasiadis, Jan G Botthof, Helena Andres, Lauren Ferreira, Pietro Lio, Ana Cvejic

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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91citing papers in PubMed
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emmanouil I AthanasiadisDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2771-5562
Jan G BotthofDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
Helena AndresComputer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK.
Lauren FerreiraDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
Pietro LioComputer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK.
Ana CvejicDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK. as889@cam.ac.uk.
Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBRhodes University · ZA

Funding

Cancer Research UK 14953Cancer Research UK C45041/A14953Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of marker-based approaches for dissecting haematopoiesis in mouse and human is reliant on the presence of well-defined cell surface markers specific for diverse progenitor populations. An inherent problem with this approach is that the presence of specific cell surface markers does not directly reflect the transcriptional state of a cell. Here, we used a marker-free approach to computationally reconstruct the blood lineage tree in zebrafish and order cells along their differentiation trajectory, based on their global transcriptional differences. Within the population of transcriptionally similar stem and progenitor cells, our analysis reveals considerable cell-to-cell differences in their probability to transition to another committed state. Once fate decision is executed, the suppression of transcription of ribosomal genes and upregulation of lineage-specific factors coordinately controls lineage differentiation. Evolutionary analysis further demonstrates that this haematopoietic programme is highly conserved between zebrafish and higher vertebrates.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCell LineageErythroid CellsGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyHematopoiesisHumansSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsZebrafish Proteins

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PMID29229905
PMCPMC5725498
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