国家基因库生命大数据平台(China National GeneBank DataBase,CNGBdb)是一个致力于生命科学多组学数据归档和开放共享的数据库平台,是深圳国家基因库的核心功能“三库两平台”中生物信息数据库的对外服务平台,拥有深圳国家基因库丰富...国家基因库生命大数据平台(China National GeneBank DataBase,CNGBdb)是一个致力于生命科学多组学数据归档和开放共享的数据库平台,是深圳国家基因库的核心功能“三库两平台”中生物信息数据库的对外服务平台,拥有深圳国家基因库丰富的样本资源、数据资源、合作项目资源和强大的数据计算和分析能力等优势。生命科学研究已经进入到了一个以高通量多组学数据为基础的大数据时代,迫切需要加强国际合作和信息共享。随着中国经济的发展和在生命科学研究领域的研究项目投入力度的加大,需要建立相关的生命大数据归档和共享的平台,来促进我国生命科学研究项目中生成的基因组学数据的系统管理、开放共享与合理利用。目前,CNGBdb主要提供生命科学研究相关的数据归档、知识搜索、数据管理、数据计算和数据服务等服务。其归档和共享的数据类型,主要包括项目、样本、实验、测序、组装、变异、序列等。截止2020年5月22号,CNGBdb已接受了全球生命科学科研工作者提交的研究项目达2176个,归档的基因组学数据量超过2221 TB。未来,CNGBdb将继续推动生命科学研究多组学数据的开放共享和产业应用,完善基因组学数据的归档和共享功能,提升其服务生命科学数据开放共享的能力。CNGBdb的网址是:https://db.cngb.org/。展开更多
We report electronic and magnetic properties of full Heusler Pd_(2)TiIn based on first principles calculations.This compound has been variously characterized as magnetic or non-magnetic.We use first principles calcula...We report electronic and magnetic properties of full Heusler Pd_(2)TiIn based on first principles calculations.This compound has been variously characterized as magnetic or non-magnetic.We use first principles calculations with accurate methods to reexamine this issue.We find that ideal ordered Heusler Pd_(2)TiIn remains non-magnetic,in accord with prior work.However,we do find that it is possible to explain the magnetism seen in experiments through disorder and in particular we find that site disorder can lead to moment formation in this compound.In addition,we find an alternative low energy cubic crystal structure,which will be of interest to explore experimentally.展开更多
The monkeypox virus(MPXV)has triggered a current outbreak globally.Genome sequencing of MPXV and rapid tracing of genetic variants will benefit disease diagnosis and control.It is a significant challenge but necessary...The monkeypox virus(MPXV)has triggered a current outbreak globally.Genome sequencing of MPXV and rapid tracing of genetic variants will benefit disease diagnosis and control.It is a significant challenge but necessary to optimize the strategy and application of rapid full-length genome identification and to track variations of MPXV in clinical specimens with low viral loads,as it is one of the DNA viruses with the largest genome and the most AT-biased,and has a significant number of tandem repeats.Here we evaluated the performance of metagenomic and amplicon sequencing techniques,and three sequencing platforms in MPXV genome sequencing based on multiple clinical specimens of five mpox cases in Chinese mainland.We rapidly identified the full-length genome of MPXV with the assembly of accurate tandem repeats in multiple clinical specimens.Amplicon sequencing enables cost-effective and rapid sequencing of clinical specimens to obtain high-quality MPXV genomes.Third-generation sequencing facilitates the assembly of the terminal tandem repeat regions in the monkeypox virus genome and corrects a common misassembly in published sequences.Besides,several intra-host single nucleotide variations were identified in the first imported mpox case.This study offers an evaluation of various strategies aimed at identifying the complete genome of MPXV in clinical specimens.The findings of this study will significantly enhance the surveillance of MPXV.展开更多
Parkinson's disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease,leading to the impairment of movement execution.PD pathogenesis has been largely investigated,either limited to bulk transcriptomic levels or at certain cell t...Parkinson's disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease,leading to the impairment of movement execution.PD pathogenesis has been largely investigated,either limited to bulk transcriptomic levels or at certain cell types,which failed to capture the cellular heterogeneity and intrinsic interplays among distinct cell types.Here,we report the application of single-nucleus RNA-seq on midbrain,striatum,and cerebellum of theα-syn-A53 T mouse,a well-established PD mouse model,and matched controls,generating the first single cell transcriptomic atlas for the PD model mouse brain composed of 46,174 individual cells.Additionally,we comprehensively depicte the dysfunctions in PD pathology,covering the elevation of NF-k B activity,the alteration of ion channel components,the perturbation of protein homeostasis network,and the dysregulation of glutamatergic signaling.Notably,we identify a variety of cell types closely associated with PD risk genes.Taken together,our study provides valuable resources to systematically dissect the molecular mechanism of PD pathogenesis at the single-cell resolution,which facilitates the development of novel approaches for diagnosis and therapies against PD.展开更多
The genetically engineered pig is regarded as an optimal source of organ transplantation for humans and an excellent model for human disease research,given its comparable physiology to human beings.A myriad of single-...The genetically engineered pig is regarded as an optimal source of organ transplantation for humans and an excellent model for human disease research,given its comparable physiology to human beings.A myriad of single-cell RNA sequencing(sc RNA-seq)data on humans has been reported,but such data on pigs are scarce.Here,we apply sc RNA-seq technology to study the cellular heterogeneity of 3-month-old pig lungs,generating the single-cell atlas of 13,580 cells covering 16 major cell types.Based on these data,we systematically characterize the similarities and differences in the cellular cross-talk and expression patterns of respiratory virus receptors in each cell type of pig lungs compared with human lungs.Furthermore,we analyze pig lung xenotransplantation barriers and reported the cell-type expression patterns of 10 genes associated with pig-to-human immunobiological incompatibility and coagulation dysregulation.We also investigate the conserved transcription factors(TFs)and their candidate target genes and constructed five conserved TF regulatory networks in the main cell types shared by pig and human lungs.Finally,we present a comprehensive and openly accessible online platform,Scdb Lung.Our sc RNA-seq atlas of the domestic pig lung and Scdb Lung database can guide pig lung research and clinical applicability.展开更多
We have recently pointed out how the existence of massive neutrinos would imply the possibility of forming very massive self-gravitating systems of neutrinos held in equilibrium by their Fermi pressure. In dealing wit...We have recently pointed out how the existence of massive neutrinos would imply the possibility of forming very massive self-gravitating systems of neutrinos held in equilibrium by their Fermi pressure. In dealing with this question, the neutrinos have been assumed to be in a degenerate state and their Fermi temperature has been computed for a selected number of equilibrium configurations. All the展开更多
The importance of structural variants(SVs)for human phenotypes and diseases is now recognized.Although a variety of SV detection platforms and strategies that vary in sensitivity and specificity have been developed,fe...The importance of structural variants(SVs)for human phenotypes and diseases is now recognized.Although a variety of SV detection platforms and strategies that vary in sensitivity and specificity have been developed,few benchmarking procedures are available to confidently assess their performances in biological and clinical research.To facilitate the validation and application of these SV detection approaches,we established an Asian reference material by characterizing the genome of an Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)-immortalized B lymphocyte line along with identified benchmark regions and high-confidence SV calls.We established a high-confidence SV callset with 8938 SVs by integrating four alignment-based SV callers,including 109×Pacific Bio sciences(PacBio)continuous long reads(CLRs),22×PacBio circular consensus sequencing(CCS)reads,104×Oxford Nanopore Technologies(ONT)long reads,and 114×Bionano optical mapping platform,and one de novo assembly-based SV caller using CCS reads.A total of 544 randomly selected SVs were validated by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing,demonstrating the robustness of our SV calls.Combining trio-binning-based haplotype assemblies,we established an SV benchmark for identifying false negatives and false positives by constructing the continuous high-confidence regions(CHCRs),which covered 1.46 gigabase pairs(Gb)and 6882 SVs supported by at least one diploid haplotype assembly.Establishing high-confidence SV calls for a benchmark sample that has been characterized by multiple technologies provides a valuable resource for investigating SVs in human biology,disease,and clinical research.展开更多
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has already evoked massive influence.The global pandemic has been ravaging the whole world for a year,with the number of confirmed human infection cases over 150 milli...The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has already evoked massive influence.The global pandemic has been ravaging the whole world for a year,with the number of confirmed human infection cases over 150 million and a death toll exceeding 3 million.Although the genomic sequence of the cognate pathogen SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)has been quickly determined,there are still many unknown aspects,including the virus origin and evolution trend,and the effectiveness of current vaccines and drugs against the mutating virus.This review summarizes current knowledge and advances about COVID-19,including virus origin,transmission and infection,with the aim to improve the understanding of COVID-19 and provide a new perspective for future studies.展开更多
The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW g...The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW genetic background and pesticide resistance is urgent and essential to develop effective management strategies.Here,we assembled a chromosome-level genome of a male FAW(SFynMstLFR)and compared re-sequencing results of the populations from America,Africa,and China.Strain identification of 163 individuals collected from America,Africa and China showed that both C and R strains were found in the American pop-ulations,while only C strain was found in the Chinese and African populations.Moreover,population geno-mics analysis showed that populations from Africa and China have close relationship with significantly genetic differentiation from American populations.Taken toge-ther,FAWs invaded into China were most likely origi-nated from Africa.Comparative genomics analysis displayed that the cytochrome p450 gene family is extremely expanded to 425 members in FAW,of which 283 genes are specific to FAW.Treatments of Chinese populations with twenty-three pesticides showed the variant patterns of transcriptome profiles,and several detoxification genes such as AOX,UGT and GST spe-cially responded to the pesticides.These findings will be useful in developing effective strategies for manage-ment of FAW in China and other invaded areas.展开更多
文摘国家基因库生命大数据平台(China National GeneBank DataBase,CNGBdb)是一个致力于生命科学多组学数据归档和开放共享的数据库平台,是深圳国家基因库的核心功能“三库两平台”中生物信息数据库的对外服务平台,拥有深圳国家基因库丰富的样本资源、数据资源、合作项目资源和强大的数据计算和分析能力等优势。生命科学研究已经进入到了一个以高通量多组学数据为基础的大数据时代,迫切需要加强国际合作和信息共享。随着中国经济的发展和在生命科学研究领域的研究项目投入力度的加大,需要建立相关的生命大数据归档和共享的平台,来促进我国生命科学研究项目中生成的基因组学数据的系统管理、开放共享与合理利用。目前,CNGBdb主要提供生命科学研究相关的数据归档、知识搜索、数据管理、数据计算和数据服务等服务。其归档和共享的数据类型,主要包括项目、样本、实验、测序、组装、变异、序列等。截止2020年5月22号,CNGBdb已接受了全球生命科学科研工作者提交的研究项目达2176个,归档的基因组学数据量超过2221 TB。未来,CNGBdb将继续推动生命科学研究多组学数据的开放共享和产业应用,完善基因组学数据的归档和共享功能,提升其服务生命科学数据开放共享的能力。CNGBdb的网址是:https://db.cngb.org/。
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51861145315,51672171,12074241and 51911530124)the Department of Energy,Basic Energy Sciences(Award DE-SC0019114)for work at the University of Missouri+3 种基金the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Program(Grant No.19010500500)the China Scholarship Council(CSC)the Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy at Shanghai Universitythe State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU(Grant No.SKLSP201703)。
文摘We report electronic and magnetic properties of full Heusler Pd_(2)TiIn based on first principles calculations.This compound has been variously characterized as magnetic or non-magnetic.We use first principles calculations with accurate methods to reexamine this issue.We find that ideal ordered Heusler Pd_(2)TiIn remains non-magnetic,in accord with prior work.However,we do find that it is possible to explain the magnetism seen in experiments through disorder and in particular we find that site disorder can lead to moment formation in this compound.In addition,we find an alternative low energy cubic crystal structure,which will be of interest to explore experimentally.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC2303401,2022YFC2304100,2016YFD0500301,2021YFC0863300)the Beijing Science and Technology Plan(Z211100002521017)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82241080)。
文摘The monkeypox virus(MPXV)has triggered a current outbreak globally.Genome sequencing of MPXV and rapid tracing of genetic variants will benefit disease diagnosis and control.It is a significant challenge but necessary to optimize the strategy and application of rapid full-length genome identification and to track variations of MPXV in clinical specimens with low viral loads,as it is one of the DNA viruses with the largest genome and the most AT-biased,and has a significant number of tandem repeats.Here we evaluated the performance of metagenomic and amplicon sequencing techniques,and three sequencing platforms in MPXV genome sequencing based on multiple clinical specimens of five mpox cases in Chinese mainland.We rapidly identified the full-length genome of MPXV with the assembly of accurate tandem repeats in multiple clinical specimens.Amplicon sequencing enables cost-effective and rapid sequencing of clinical specimens to obtain high-quality MPXV genomes.Third-generation sequencing facilitates the assembly of the terminal tandem repeat regions in the monkeypox virus genome and corrects a common misassembly in published sequences.Besides,several intra-host single nucleotide variations were identified in the first imported mpox case.This study offers an evaluation of various strategies aimed at identifying the complete genome of MPXV in clinical specimens.The findings of this study will significantly enhance the surveillance of MPXV.
基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2017M622795)the Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(JCYJ20180507183628543)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662018PY025 and 2662017PY105)。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31702074 and 31872309)Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen(SZSM202011012)Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(JCYJ20170412153100794)。
文摘Parkinson's disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease,leading to the impairment of movement execution.PD pathogenesis has been largely investigated,either limited to bulk transcriptomic levels or at certain cell types,which failed to capture the cellular heterogeneity and intrinsic interplays among distinct cell types.Here,we report the application of single-nucleus RNA-seq on midbrain,striatum,and cerebellum of theα-syn-A53 T mouse,a well-established PD mouse model,and matched controls,generating the first single cell transcriptomic atlas for the PD model mouse brain composed of 46,174 individual cells.Additionally,we comprehensively depicte the dysfunctions in PD pathology,covering the elevation of NF-k B activity,the alteration of ion channel components,the perturbation of protein homeostasis network,and the dysregulation of glutamatergic signaling.Notably,we identify a variety of cell types closely associated with PD risk genes.Taken together,our study provides valuable resources to systematically dissect the molecular mechanism of PD pathogenesis at the single-cell resolution,which facilitates the development of novel approaches for diagnosis and therapies against PD.
基金supported by China National Gene Bank(CNGB)financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670742)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(2021A1515011109)。
文摘The genetically engineered pig is regarded as an optimal source of organ transplantation for humans and an excellent model for human disease research,given its comparable physiology to human beings.A myriad of single-cell RNA sequencing(sc RNA-seq)data on humans has been reported,but such data on pigs are scarce.Here,we apply sc RNA-seq technology to study the cellular heterogeneity of 3-month-old pig lungs,generating the single-cell atlas of 13,580 cells covering 16 major cell types.Based on these data,we systematically characterize the similarities and differences in the cellular cross-talk and expression patterns of respiratory virus receptors in each cell type of pig lungs compared with human lungs.Furthermore,we analyze pig lung xenotransplantation barriers and reported the cell-type expression patterns of 10 genes associated with pig-to-human immunobiological incompatibility and coagulation dysregulation.We also investigate the conserved transcription factors(TFs)and their candidate target genes and constructed five conserved TF regulatory networks in the main cell types shared by pig and human lungs.Finally,we present a comprehensive and openly accessible online platform,Scdb Lung.Our sc RNA-seq atlas of the domestic pig lung and Scdb Lung database can guide pig lung research and clinical applicability.
文摘We have recently pointed out how the existence of massive neutrinos would imply the possibility of forming very massive self-gravitating systems of neutrinos held in equilibrium by their Fermi pressure. In dealing with this question, the neutrinos have been assumed to be in a degenerate state and their Fermi temperature has been computed for a selected number of equilibrium configurations. All the
基金supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC0906501)。
文摘The importance of structural variants(SVs)for human phenotypes and diseases is now recognized.Although a variety of SV detection platforms and strategies that vary in sensitivity and specificity have been developed,few benchmarking procedures are available to confidently assess their performances in biological and clinical research.To facilitate the validation and application of these SV detection approaches,we established an Asian reference material by characterizing the genome of an Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)-immortalized B lymphocyte line along with identified benchmark regions and high-confidence SV calls.We established a high-confidence SV callset with 8938 SVs by integrating four alignment-based SV callers,including 109×Pacific Bio sciences(PacBio)continuous long reads(CLRs),22×PacBio circular consensus sequencing(CCS)reads,104×Oxford Nanopore Technologies(ONT)long reads,and 114×Bionano optical mapping platform,and one de novo assembly-based SV caller using CCS reads.A total of 544 randomly selected SVs were validated by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing,demonstrating the robustness of our SV calls.Combining trio-binning-based haplotype assemblies,we established an SV benchmark for identifying false negatives and false positives by constructing the continuous high-confidence regions(CHCRs),which covered 1.46 gigabase pairs(Gb)and 6882 SVs supported by at least one diploid haplotype assembly.Establishing high-confidence SV calls for a benchmark sample that has been characterized by multiple technologies provides a valuable resource for investigating SVs in human biology,disease,and clinical research.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(XDB29010000)the National Science and Technology Major Project(2018ZX10101004)+5 种基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC0845900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(82041016,81871658 and 81802010)a grant from the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundationis partially supported by the Yanqi Lake Meeting organized by the Academic Divisions of CASR.P.is supported by the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program(YESS)by China Association for Science and Technology(CAST)(2018QNRC001)Y.S.is also supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS.
文摘The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has already evoked massive influence.The global pandemic has been ravaging the whole world for a year,with the number of confirmed human infection cases over 150 million and a death toll exceeding 3 million.Although the genomic sequence of the cognate pathogen SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)has been quickly determined,there are still many unknown aspects,including the virus origin and evolution trend,and the effectiveness of current vaccines and drugs against the mutating virus.This review summarizes current knowledge and advances about COVID-19,including virus origin,transmission and infection,with the aim to improve the understanding of COVID-19 and provide a new perspective for future studies.
基金This study was financially supported by the Yunnan Eco-friendly Food International Cooperation Research Center(YEFICRC)Project of Yunnan Provincial Key Programs(Grant No.2019ZG009)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFD0300101)+3 种基金the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write(Grant No.2017B030301011)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-SW-L07)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS(No.2016080)Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(No.2020B020224002)。
文摘The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW genetic background and pesticide resistance is urgent and essential to develop effective management strategies.Here,we assembled a chromosome-level genome of a male FAW(SFynMstLFR)and compared re-sequencing results of the populations from America,Africa,and China.Strain identification of 163 individuals collected from America,Africa and China showed that both C and R strains were found in the American pop-ulations,while only C strain was found in the Chinese and African populations.Moreover,population geno-mics analysis showed that populations from Africa and China have close relationship with significantly genetic differentiation from American populations.Taken toge-ther,FAWs invaded into China were most likely origi-nated from Africa.Comparative genomics analysis displayed that the cytochrome p450 gene family is extremely expanded to 425 members in FAW,of which 283 genes are specific to FAW.Treatments of Chinese populations with twenty-three pesticides showed the variant patterns of transcriptome profiles,and several detoxification genes such as AOX,UGT and GST spe-cially responded to the pesticides.These findings will be useful in developing effective strategies for manage-ment of FAW in China and other invaded areas.
