Single-nucleus co-expression networks of dopaminergic neurons support iron accumulation as a plausible explanation to their vulnerability in Parkinson's disease
Alicia Gómez-Pascual, Araks Martirosyan, Katja Hebestreit, C. Mameffe, Suresh Kumar Poovathingal, T. Grant Belgard, C. A. Altar, Andrew Kottick, MG Holt, Victor J. Hanson-Smith, Alejandro Cisterna‐García, M. Mighdoll, Robert H. Scannevin, Sebastian Guelfi, Juan Antonio Botía
The paper introduces scCoExpNets and CovCoExpNets to analyze cell-type specific gene co-expression networks from single-cell RNA-seq data, identifying iron accumulation as a factor in dopaminergic neuron vulnerability in Parkinson's disease.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2022 · PreprintBioinformatics