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Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

Rood, Jennifer E., Maartens, Aidan, Hupalowska, Anna, Teichmann, Sarah A., Regev, Aviv·2022·Nature Medicine

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Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link' between genes, diseases and therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease-implicated genes act, we will understand the mechanisms of disease at the cellular and tissue levels and can use this understanding to develop powerful disease diagnostics; identify promising new drug targets; predict their efficacy, toxicity and resistance mechanisms; and empower new kinds of therapies, from cancer therapies to regenerative medicine. Here, we lay out a vision for the potential of cell atlases to impact the future of medicine, and describe how advances over the past decade have begun to realize this potential in common complex diseases, infectious diseases (including COVID-19), rare diseases and cancer.

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Authors
Rood, J. E., Maartens, A., Hupalowska, A., Teichmann, S. A., & Regev, A.
Affiliations
  • Genentech (US)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Teichmann, Sarah A.
  • Regev, Aviv
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2022-12
Volume
28
Issue
12
Pages
2486-2496
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W4310942643
Cited by
222
References
161
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 61 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 1
FWCI
4.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (206194, 108413/A/15/D)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
Human Cell Atlas, single-cell atlas, cell types, disease mechanisms, therapeutic target, drug resistance, disease diagnosis, cancer, regenerative medicine, infectious diseases, COVID-19 pandemic, rare diseases, complex diseases
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Humans, Neoplasms, Drug Delivery Systems, Regenerative Medicine

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