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Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

Lein, Ed S., Hawrylycz, Michael J., Ao, Nancy, Ayres, Mikael, Bensinger, Amy, Bernard, Amy, Boe, Andrew F., Boguski, Mark S. +100 more·2007·Nature

Abstract

Molecular approaches to understanding the functional circuitry of the nervous system promise new insights into the relationship between genes, brain and behaviour. The cellular diversity of the brain necessitates a cellular resolution approach towards understanding the functional genomics of the nervous system. We describe here an anatomically comprehensive digital atlas containing the expression patterns of approximately 20,000 genes in the adult mouse brain. Data were generated using automated high-throughput procedures for in situ hybridization and data acquisition, and are publicly accessible online. Newly developed image-based informatics tools allow global genome-scale structural analysis and cross-correlation, as well as identification of regionally enriched genes. Unbiased fine-resolution analysis has identified highly specific cellular markers as well as extensive evidence of cellular heterogeneity not evident in classical neuroanatomical atlases. This highly standardized atlas provides an open, primary data resource for a wide variety of further studies concerning brain organization and function.

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  • The spatial distribution of astrocytes findings were independently validated using Allen Mouse Brain Atlas in situ hybridization images.

    “In order to independently validate our findings about the spatial distribution of astrocytes (Figure S5C), we analyzed in situ hybridization images of marker genes obtained from the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas”

    From Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System (2018) · cites this paper as Lein et al., 2007

  • Allen Brain Atlas in situ hybridization data show ATF3 expression only in granular neurons of the olfactory bulb and dentate gyrus.

    “Allen Brain Atlas in situ hybridization data [24] show ATF3 expression only in granular neurons of the olfactory bulb and dentate gyrus”
  • Cerebellar Purkinje cells and neurons of the deep cerebellar nuclei express high levels of Clec16a.

    “Further in situ hybridization reveals that cerebellar Purkinje cells and neurons of the deep cerebellar nuclei express high levels of Clec16a (Allen Mouse Brain Atlas, http://mouse.brain-map.org/gene/show/50215)242526.”
  • LacZ staining is strongest in the Purkinje cell layer.

    “we analyzed Nlk expression by LacZ staining and found that LacZ staining was strongest in the Purkinje cell layer (Fig.4D)”
  • In animal studies, comprehensive histologically and functionally defined whole-brain areal parcellations are feasible.

    “In animal studies (rodents and non-human primates), this is feasible through the use of comprehensive, histologically and functionally defined whole-brain areal parcellations (Bezgin et al., 2012; Lein et al., 2007; Paxinos et al., 2000; Saleem and Logothetis, 2007; Swanson, 2015; Van Essen et al., 2012).”

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Lein, E. S., Hawrylycz, M. J., Ao, N., Ayres, M., Bensinger, A., Bernard, A., Boe, A. F., Boguski, M. S., Brockway, K. S., Byrnes, E. J., Chen, L., Chen, L., Chen, T.-M., Chi Chin, M., Chong, J., Crook, B. E., Czaplinska, A., Dang, C. N., Datta, S., Dee, N. R., Desaki, A. L., Desta, T., Diep, E., Dolbeare, T. A., Donelan, M. J., Dong, H.-W., Dougherty, J. G., Duncan, B. J., Ebbert, A. J., Eichele, G., Estin, L. K., Faber, C., Facer, B. A., Fields, R., Fischer, S. R., Fliss, T. P., Frensley, C., Gates, S. N., Glattfelder, K. J., Halverson, K. R., Hart, M. R., Hohmann, J. G., Howell, M. P., Jeung, D. P., Johnson, R. A., Karr, P. T., Kawal, R., Kidney, J. M., Knapik, R. H., Kuan, C. L., Lake, J. H., Laramee, A. R., Larsen, K. D., Lau, C., Lemon, T. A., Liang, A. J., Liu, Y., Luong, L. T., Michaels, J., Morgan, J. J., Morgan, R. J., Mortrud, M. T., Mosqueda, N. F., Ng, L. L., Ng, R., Orta, G. J., Overly, C. C., Pak, T. H., Parry, S. E., Pathak, S. D., Pearson, O. C., Puchalski, R. B., Riley, Z. L., Rockett, H. R., Rowland, S. A., Royall, J. J., Ruiz, M. J., Sarno, N. R., Schaffnit, K., Shapovalova, N. V., Sivisay, T., Slaughterbeck, C. R., Smith, S. C., Smith, K. A., Smith, B. I., Sodt, A. J., Stewart, N. N., Stumpf, K.-R., Sunkin, S. M., Sutram, M., Tam, A., Teemer, C. D., Thaller, C., Thompson, C. L., Varnam, L. R., Visel, A., Whitlock, R. M., Wohnoutka, P. E., Wolkey, C. K., Wong, V. Y., Wood, M., Yaylaoglu, M. B., Young, R. C., Youngstrom, B. L., Feng Yuan, X., Zhang, B., Zwingman, T. A., & Jones, A. R.
Affiliations
  • Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
  • Novartis (Switzerland) (CH)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lein, Ed S.
  • Jones, Allan R.
Venue
Nature
Published
2006-12-06
Volume
445
Issue
7124
Pages
168-176
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2123491442
Cited by
5,572
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FWCI
68.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Keywords
gene expression atlas, mouse brain, Allen Brain Atlas, cellular resolution, in situ hybridization, brain region-specific gene expression, cell markers, brain organization
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Gene Expression Regulation, Hippocampus, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Organ Specificity, RNA, Messenger, Genome, Computational Biology, Gene Expression Profiling, Genomics, Mice

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