Bioinformatics

Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage

Tissue fibrosis is a major cause of mortality that results from the deposition of matrix proteins by an activated mesenchyme. Macrophages accumulate in fibrosis, but the role of specific subgroups in supporting fibrogenesis has not been investigated …

xCell: Digitally portraying the tissue cellular heterogeneity landscape

Tissues are complex milieus consisting of numerous cell types. Several recent methods have attempted to enumerate cell subsets from transcriptomes. However, the available methods have used limited sources for training and give only a partial …

Comprehensive analysis of normal adjacent to tumor transcriptomes

Histologically normal tissue adjacent to the tumor (NAT) is commonly used as a control in cancer studies. However, little is known about the transcriptomic profile of NAT, how it is influenced by the tumor, and how the profile compares with …

Global Transcriptome Analysis of RNA Abundance Regulation by ADAR in Lung Adenocarcinoma

Despite tremendous advances in targeted therapies against lung adenocarcinoma, the majority of patients do not benefit from personalized treatments. A deeper understanding of potential therapeutic targets is crucial to increase the survival of …

Widespread parainflammation in human cancer

BACKGROUND Chronic inflammation has been recognized as one of the hallmarks of cancer. We recently showed that parainflammation, a unique variant of inflammation between homeostasis and chronic inflammation, strongly promotes mouse gut tumorigenesis …

Systematic pan-cancer analysis of tumour purity

The tumour microenvironment is the non-cancerous cells present in and around a tumour, including mainly immune cells, but also fibroblasts and cells that comprise supporting blood vessels. These non-cancerous components of the tumour may play an …

DNA methylation of distal regulatory sites characterizes dysregulation of cancer genes

Abnormal epigenetic marking is well documented in gene promoters of cancer cells, but the study of distal regulatory siteshas lagged behind.We performed a systematic analysis of DNA methylation sites connected with gene expression profilesacross …

DNA methylation of transcriptional enhancers and cancer predisposition