Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 137-144.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0463

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Application and Prospects of Single-Cell Sequencing in Liver Disease

GUO Dong-dong1,3(), SUN Fen1, HE Xuan-ang2, YANG Dong-ye2(), HUANG Lai-qiang1   

  1. 1. Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School,Tsinghua University,Shenzhen 518055
    2. Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology,the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital,Shenzhen 518053
    3. Department of Chemistry,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084
  • Received:2020-04-21 Online:2021-01-26 Published:2021-01-15
  • Contact: YANG Dong-ye E-mail:gdd18@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn;yangdy@hku-szh.org

Abstract:

Emerging single-cell sequencing is a potent technique,which can not only reveal mutations on genomics,transcriptomics and epigenetic modification at the molecular level but also be used to identify new cell types and surface markers. It can also help to detect changes in cell genes,transcriptomics or epigenetic modifications when a disease occurs,to understand the interactions among cells as well as to comprehensively understand tumor heterogeneity. Currently,single-cell sequencing has been applied to the studies on many diseases,and achievements on liver diseases including cirrhosis and liver cancer to some accomplishments are reported. Herein,the applications of single-cell sequencing in liver development and liver diseases are reviewed,underlying mechanisms of liver diseases and the issues of this technology are discussed,and the feasible resolutions are proposed,for instance,developing 3D single-cell sequencing technology may help us to deeply understand the mechanisms of liver deseases.

Key words: single-cell sequencing, omics sequencing, liver, liver diseases