Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

…, Q Zeng, Z Chen, E Mauceli, N Hacohen… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Massively parallel sequencing of cDNA has enabled deep and efficient probing of transcriptomes.
Current approaches for transcript reconstruction from such data often rely on aligning …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals new types of human blood dendritic cells, monocytes, and progenitors

…, AA Lane, M Haniffa, A Regev, N Hacohen - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Dendritic cells (DCs) and monocytes consist of multiple specialized
subtypes that play a central role in pathogen sensing, phagocytosis, and antigen presentation. …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response

…, WH Fridman, C Sautès-Fridman, N Hacohen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer therapy.
Until now, predictive biomarkers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 – 10 and strategies to augment …

[PDF][PDF] Defining T cell states associated with response to checkpoint immunotherapy in melanoma

…, GM Boland, RJ Sullivan, G Getz, N Hacohen - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Treatment of cancer has been revolutionized by immune checkpoint blockade therapies.
Despite the high rate of response in advanced melanoma, the majority of patients succumb to …

[PDF][PDF] The human tumor atlas network: charting tumor transitions across space and time at single-cell resolution

…, TK Guha, AR Guimaraes, D Gutman, N Hacohen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Crucial transitions in cancer—including tumor initiation, local expansion, metastasis, and
therapeutic resistance—involve complex interactions between cells within the dynamic tumor …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-Cas9 knockin mice for genome editing and cancer modeling

…, RJ Xavier, R Langer, DG Anderson, N Hacohen… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas9 is a versatile genome editing technology for studying the functions of genetic
elements. To broadly enable the application of Cas9 in vivo, we established a Cre-…

Genome-scale loss-of-function screening with a lentiviral RNAi library

DE Root, N Hacohen, WC Hahn, ES Lander… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
The discovery that RNA interference (RNAi) is functional in mammalian cells led us to form
The RNAi Consortium (TRC) with the goal of enabling large-scale loss-of-function screens …

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals bimodality in expression and splicing in immune cells

…, D Gennert, A Gnirke, A Goren, N Hacohen… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Recent molecular studies have shown that, even when derived from a seemingly homogenous
population, individual cells can exhibit substantial differences in gene expression, protein …

HLA-binding properties of tumor neoepitopes in humans

…, M Rajasagi, PA Ott, V Brusic, N Hacohen… - Cancer immunology …, 2014 - AACR
Cancer genome sequencing has enabled the rapid identification of the complete repertoire
of coding sequence mutations within a patient's tumor and facilitated their use as …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and genetic properties of tumors associated with local immune cytolytic activity

MS Rooney, SA Shukla, CJ Wu, G Getz, N Hacohen - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
How the genomic landscape of a tumor shapes and is shaped by anti-tumor immunity has
not been systematically explored. Using large-scale genomic data sets of solid tissue tumor …