Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Deciphering intratumoral heterogeneity using integrated clonal tracking and single-cell transcriptome analyses

  • Humberto Contreras-Trujillo,
  • Jiya Eerdeng,
  • Samir Akre,
  • Du Jiang,
  • Jorge Contreras,
  • Basia Gala,
  • Mary C. Vergel-Rodriguez,
  • Yeachan Lee,
  • Aparna Jorapur,
  • Areen Andreasian,
  • Lisa Harton,
  • Charles S. Bramlett,
  • Anna Nogalska,
  • Gang Xiao,
  • Jae-Woong Lee,
  • Lai N. Chan,
  • Markus Müschen,
  • Akil A. Merchant,
  • Rong Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26771-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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DNA barcoding is a promising technology for the simultaneous analysis of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. Here, the authors combine DNA barcoding and single-cell RNA-seq to study heterogeneity, progression and response to therapy in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patient-derived xenografts.