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ReviewNeurobiology of disease2023

An overview of human single-cell RNA sequencing studies in neurobiological disease.

T Jordan Walter, Robert K Suter, Nagi G Ayad

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Review in Neurobiology of disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Application of single-cell RNA sequencing in preeclampsia.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026
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  9. Integrating multi-omics data: Methods and applications in human complex diseases.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

T Jordan WalterGeorgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington D.C. 20007, USA. Electronic address: tjw100@georgetown.edu.
Robert K SuterGeorgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington D.C. 20007, USA.
Nagi G AyadGeorgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington D.C. 20007, USA.
Georgetown University Medical Center · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009686 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI ANNA Tate RIEGEL, DAVID J ROBBINS · 1996 to 2026
$10.8M
Fellowship on Biological Psychiatry and NeuroscienceT32MH018399 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Pei-an (Betty) Shih · 1986 to 2026
$7.3M
Epigenetic pathways and cell cycle exitR01NS118023 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI AYAD, NAGI G · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009686NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018399NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS118023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurobiological disorders are highly prevalent medical conditions that contribute to significant morbidity and mortality. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a technique that measures gene expression in individual cells. In this review, we survey scRNA-seq studies of tissues from patients suffering from neurobiological disease. This includes postmortem human brains and organoids derived from peripheral cells. We highlight a range of conditions, including epilepsy, cognitive disorders, substance use disorders, and mood disorders. These findings provide new insights into neurobiological disease in multiple ways, including discovering novel cell types or subtypes involved in disease, proposing new pathophysiological mechanisms, uncovering novel drug targets, or identifying potential biomarkers. We discuss the quality of these findings and suggest potential future directions and areas open for additional research, including studies of non-cortical brain regions and additional conditions such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and sleeping disorders. We argue that additional scRNA-seq of tissues from patients suffering from neurobiological disease could advance our understanding and treatment of these conditions.

Indexed as

Anxiety DisordersMood DisordersBiomarkersBrainHumansSequence Analysis, RNABiomarkersBrainHumanNeurobiologicalOrganoidsPostmortemSingle-cell RNA sequencing

Identifiers

PMID37321420
PMCPMC10470823
OpenAlexW4380872285

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