Alignment of single-cell trajectories to compare cellular expression dynamics

A Alpert, LS Moore, T Dubovik, SS Shen-Orr - Nature methods, 2018 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing and high-dimensional cytometry can be used to generate detailed
trajectories of dynamic biological processes such as differentiation or development. Here …

A clinically meaningful metric of immune age derived from high-dimensional longitudinal monitoring

A Alpert, Y Pickman, M Leipold… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Immune responses generally decline with age. However, the dynamics of this process at the
individual level have not been characterized, hindering quantification of an individual’s …

An inflammatory aging clock (iAge) based on deep learning tracks multimorbidity, immunosenescence, frailty and cardiovascular aging

…, AP Grawe, T Gao, R Tibshirani, T Hastie, A Alpert… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
While many diseases of aging have been linked to the immunological system, immune metrics
capable of identifying the most at-risk individuals are lacking. From the blood immunome …

[PDF][PDF] Alignment of single-cell trajectories by tuMap enables high-resolution quantitative comparison of cancer samples

A Alpert, O Nahman, E Starosvetsky, M Hayun… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Single-cell technologies allow characterization of cancer samples as continuous
developmental trajectories. Yet, the obtained temporal resolution cannot be leveraged for a …

[PDF][PDF] UV-protection timer controls linkage between stress and pigmentation skin protection systems

H Malcov-Brog, A Alpert, T Golan, S Parikh… - Molecular Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Skin sun exposure induces two protection programs: stress responses and pigmentation,
the former within minutes and the latter only hours afterward. Although serving the same …

Tofacitinib for polyarteritis nodosa: a tailored therapy

D Rimar, A Alpert, E Starosvetsky, I Rosner… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Tofacitinib is a novel inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK) 3 and JAK1 is recently introduced as
treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. 1 The JAK inhibitors are at the focus of research in a myriad …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 polymorphism rs951818 on mortality and disease progression in patients with sepsis—a prospective genetic …

…, T Alexander, B Büttner, J Hinz, A Alpert… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Sepsis is a leading cause of death and a global public health problem.
Accordingly, deciphering the underlying molecular mechanisms of this disease and the …

[HTML][HTML] TIM-3 genetic variants are associated with altered clinical outcome and susceptibility to gram-positive infections in patients with sepsis

…, T Alexander, B Büttner, J Hinz, A Alpert… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Previous studies have reported the fundamental role of immunoregulatory
proteins in the clinical phenotype and outcome of sepsis. This study investigated two functional …

[HTML][HTML] The CTLA-4 rs231775 GG genotype is associated with favorable 90-day survival in Caucasian patients with sepsis

C Mewes, B Büttner, J Hinz, A Alpert, AF Popov… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) is a surface protein on T cells, that has
an inhibitory effect on the host immune reaction and prevents overreaction of the immune …

[HTML][HTML] CTLA-4 genetic variants predict survival in patients with sepsis

C Mewes, B Büttner, J Hinz, A Alpert, AF Popov… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) is a coinhibitory checkpoint protein
expressed on the surface of T cells. A recent study by our working group revealed that the …