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ArticleCell reports2023

Widespread sex dimorphism across single-cell transcriptomes of adult African turquoise killifish tissues.

Bryan B Teefy, Aaron J J Lemus, Ari Adler, Alan Xu, Rajyk Bhala, Katelyn Hsu, Bérénice A Benayoun

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bryan B TeefyLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Aaron J J LemusLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Molecular and Computational Biology Department, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Ari AdlerLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Alan XuLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Quantitative & Computational Biology Department, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Rajyk BhalaLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Katelyn HsuLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Molecular and Computational Biology Department, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Bérénice A BenayounLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Molecular and Computational Biology Department, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Department, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; USC Stem Cell Initiative, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: berenice.benayoun@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · USUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

USC Geroscience Training in the Biology of AgingT32AG052374 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Sean P CURRAN · 2016 to 2026
$5.3M
Understanding the regulation and impact of transposable elements in Vertebrate health and diseaseR35GM142395 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BENAYOUN, BERENICE ANATH · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS T32 AG052374NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri), the shortest-lived vertebrate that can be bred in captivity, is an emerging model organism for aging research. Here, we describe a multitissue, single-cell gene expression atlas of female and male blood, kidney, liver, and spleen. We annotate 22 cell types, define marker genes, and infer differentiation trajectories. We find pervasive sex-dimorphic gene expression across cell types. Sex-dimorphic genes tend to be linked to lipid metabolism, consistent with clear differences in lipid storage in female vs. male turquoise killifish livers. We use machine learning to predict sex using single-cell gene expression and identify potential markers for molecular sex identity. As a proof of principle, we show that our atlas can be used to deconvolute existing bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data to obtain accurate estimates of cell type proportions. This atlas can be a resource to the community that could be leveraged to develop cell-type-specific expression in transgenic animals.

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FundulidaeAgingAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedFemaleKillifishesMaleSex CharacteristicsTranscriptomeAfrican turquoise killifishCP: Developmental biologyCP: Metabolismsex-dimorphismsingle-cell RNA-seq

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PMID37837621
PMCPMC10842523
OpenAlexW4387567421

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