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ArticleNature methods2020

3D mapping and accelerated super-resolution imaging of the human genome using in situ sequencing.

Huy Q Nguyen, Shyamtanu Chattoraj, David Castillo, Son C Nguyen, Guy Nir, Antonios Lioutas, Elliot A Hershberg, Nuno M C Martins, Paul L Reginato, Mohammed Hannan and 5 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huy Q Nguyen *Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-0520
Shyamtanu Chattoraj *Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8596-296X
David Castillo *CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0478-0828
Son C NguyenDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2187-1027
Guy NirDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-6596
Antonios LioutasDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Elliot A HershbergDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Nuno M C MartinsDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3953-9313
Paul L ReginatoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7525-9047
Mohammed HannanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Brian J BeliveauDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
George M ChurchDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Evan R DaugharthyDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Marc A Marti-RenomCNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain. martirenom@cnag.crg.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0151-4279
C-Ting WuDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. twu@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-871X
Harvard University · USUniversity of Washington · USCentre for Genomic Regulation · ESInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ES

Funding

Causal Transcriptional Consequences of Human Genetic VariationP50HG005550 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2010 to 2014
$19.0M
Center for Genomically Engineered OrgansRM1HG008525 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2015 to 2019
$10.2M
Culling the human genome of disease variants using ultraconserved elementsR01HD091797 · NICHD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WU, CHAO-TING · 2016 to 2020
$5.5M
The inheritance of position: It's not just who you are, it's where you areDP1GM106412 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WU, CHAO-TING · 2012 to 2016
$4.2M
Technologies for visualizing the genome in situR01GM123289 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WU, CHAO-TING · 2017 to 2020
$2.5M
ARC-GT in situ transcriptome sequencer for tissue FISSEQS10OD021692 · OD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2016 to 2016
$599k
NHGRI NIH HHS P50 HG005550NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG008525NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD091797NIGMS NIH HHS DP1 GM106412NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123289NIH HHS S10 OD021692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a need for methods that can image chromosomes with genome-wide coverage, as well as greater genomic and optical resolution. We introduce OligoFISSEQ, a suite of three methods that leverage fluorescence in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) of barcoded Oligopaint probes to enable the rapid visualization of many targeted genomic regions. Applying OligoFISSEQ to human diploid fibroblast cells, we show how four rounds of sequencing are sufficient to produce 3D maps of 36 genomic targets across six chromosomes in hundreds to thousands of cells, implying a potential to image thousands of targets in only five to eight rounds of sequencing. We also use OligoFISSEQ to trace chromosomes at finer resolution, following the path of the X chromosome through 46 regions, with separate studies showing compatibility of OligoFISSEQ with immunocytochemistry. Finally, we combined OligoFISSEQ with OligoSTORM, laying the foundation for accelerated single-molecule super-resolution imaging of large swaths of, if not entire, human genomes.

Indexed as

Genome, HumanChromosome PaintingChromosomesHumansOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOligonucleotide ProbesPhysical Chromosome MappingOligonucleotide Probes

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PMID32719531
PMCPMC7537785
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