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      Highly Parallel Genome-wide Expression Profiling of Individual Cells Using Nanoliter Droplets.

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          Cells, the basic units of biological structure and function, vary broadly in type and state. Single-cell genomics can characterize cell identity and function, but limitations of ease and scale have prevented its broad application. Here we describe Drop-seq, a strategy for quickly profiling thousands of individual cells by separating them into nanoliter-sized aqueous droplets, associating a different barcode with each cell's RNAs, and sequencing them all together. Drop-seq analyzes mRNA transcripts from thousands of individual cells simultaneously while remembering transcripts' cell of origin. We analyzed transcriptomes from 44,808 mouse retinal cells and identified 39 transcriptionally distinct cell populations, creating a molecular atlas of gene expression for known retinal cell classes and novel candidate cell subtypes. Drop-seq will accelerate biological discovery by enabling routine transcriptional profiling at single-cell resolution. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

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          Journal
          Cell
          Cell
          1097-4172
          0092-8674
          May 21 2015
          : 161
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: emacosko@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
          [2 ] Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
          [3 ] Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA; Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
          [4 ] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
          [5 ] Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
          [6 ] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
          [7 ] The Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
          [8 ] Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
          [9 ] School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
          [10 ] Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
          [11 ] Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
          [12 ] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: mccarroll@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
          Article
          S0092-8674(15)00549-8 NIHMS687993
          10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.002
          26000488
          50e6640f-d67b-4428-8ecd-9891845ea385
          Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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