2024
SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data
Liu Y, Li N, Qi J, Xu G, Zhao J, Wang N, Huang X, Jiang W, Wei H, Justet A, Adams T, Homer R, Amei A, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Wang Z, Yan X. SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data. Genome Biology 2024, 25: 271. PMID: 39402626, PMCID: PMC11475911, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03416-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
tRFtarget 2.0: expanding the targetome landscape of transfer RNA-derived fragments
Li N, Yao S, Yu G, Lu L, Wang Z. tRFtarget 2.0: expanding the targetome landscape of transfer RNA-derived fragments. Nucleic Acids Research 2023, 52: d345-d350. PMID: 37811890, PMCID: PMC10767876, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits
Cheng Y, Justice A, Wang Z, Li B, Hancock D, Johnson E, Xu K. Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits. BMC Genomics 2023, 24: 556. PMID: 37730558, PMCID: PMC10510240, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09661-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationMultiple traitsPleiotropic effectsGenetic variantsAberrant DNA methylationPhenome-wide association studyCis-meQTLsComplex traitsRelevant traitsDNAm sitesEnrichment analysisMeQTLsAssociation studiesSignificant traitsTraitsImmune pathwaysMethylationNew insightsMendelian randomizationImmunological functionsGenesVariantsCausal rolePathwayCpGiDESC: identifying differential expression in single-cell RNA sequencing data with multiple subjects
Liu Y, Zhao J, Adams T, Wang N, Schupp J, Wu W, McDonough J, Chupp G, Kaminski N, Wang Z, Yan X. iDESC: identifying differential expression in single-cell RNA sequencing data with multiple subjects. BMC Bioinformatics 2023, 24: 318. PMID: 37608264, PMCID: PMC10463720, DOI: 10.1186/s12859-023-05432-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19
Liu Y, Rajeevan H, Simonov M, Lee S, Wilson F, Desir G, Vinetz J, Yan X, Wang Z, Clark B, Possick J, Price C, Lutchmansingh D, Ortega H, Zaeh S, Gomez J, Cohn L, Gautam S, Chupp G. Differences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology In Practice 2023, 11: 3383-3390.e3. PMID: 37454926, PMCID: PMC10787810, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseType 2 inflammationCOVID-19 severitySOFA scoreAirway diseaseNoneosinophilic asthmaSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreSevere coronavirus disease 2019Higher SOFA scoreMedian SOFA scoreRetrospective cohort studyObstructive pulmonary diseaseOdds of mortalityLower SOFA scoresCells/μLCOVID-19 outcomesCoronavirus disease 2019Logistic regression analysisCOVID-19Clinical confoundersAsthma patientsCohort studyImmunological factorsClinical features
2020
tRFtarget: a database for transfer RNA-derived fragment targets
Li N, Shan N, Lu L, Wang Z. tRFtarget: a database for transfer RNA-derived fragment targets. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 49: d254-d260. PMID: 33035346, PMCID: PMC7779015, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase PairingBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansDatabases, Nucleic AcidDrosophila melanogasterGene OntologyHumansMiceMolecular Sequence AnnotationNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid HybridizationRhodobacter sphaeroidesRNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferSchizosaccharomycesThermodynamicsXenopusZebrafishConceptsTarget genesTransfer RNASmall non-coding RNAsGene Ontology annotationsNon-coding RNAsFunctional pathway analysisAccessible web-based databaseMolecular functionsOntology annotationsBiological functionsPathway analysisMolecular mechanismsPhysiological processesTarget predictionHuman diseasesGenesMRNA transcriptsRNAWeb-based databaseConvenient linkTRFImportant roleRNAhybridTargetIntaRNA