Single-cell RNA-seq and computational analysis using temporal mixture modeling resolves TH1/TFH fate bifurcation in malaria

Science Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Lönnberg, Tapio ^a,b   Svensson, Valentine ^a   James, Kylie R ^c   Fernandez Ruiz, Daniel ^d   Sebina, Ismail ^c   Montandon, Ruddy ^b   Soon, Megan S F ^c   Fogg, Lily G ^c   Nair, Arya Sheela ^c   Liligeto, Urijah N ^c   Stubbington, Michael J T ^a,b   Ly, Lam Ha ^b   Bagger, Frederik Otzen ^a,b,e,f   Zwiessele, Max ^g   Lawrence, Neil D ^g   Souza Fonseca Guimaraes, Fernando ^c   Bunn, Patrick T ^c   Engwerda, Christian R ^c   Heath, William R ^d   Billker, Oliver ^b   Stegle, Oliver ^a   Haque, Ashraful ^c   Teichmann, Sarah A ^a,b   more..

^a EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040750667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24709468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aal2192     Document Type: Article

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