Science · 2016

Dissecting the multicellular ecosystem of metastatic melanoma by single-cell RNA-seq

Tirosh I, Izar B, Prakadan SM, Wadsworth MH, Treacy D, Trombetta JJ, Rotem A, Rodman C, Lian C, Murphy G, Fallahi-Sichani M, Dutton-Regester K, Lin JR, Cohen O, Shah P, Lu D, Genshaft AS, Hughes TK, Ziegler CG, Kazer SW, Gaillard A, Kolb KE, Villani AC, Johannessen CM, Andreev AY, Van Allen EM, Bertagnolli M, Sorger PK, Sullivan RJ, Flaherty KT, Frederick DT, Jané-Valbuena J, Yoon CH, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Shalek AK, Regev A, Garraway LA.

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  • Tirosh IBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Izar BBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA. bizar@partners.org aregev@broadinstitute.org levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu.
  • Prakadan SMBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Wadsworth MH 2ndBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Treacy DBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Trombetta JJBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Rotem ABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • Rodman CBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Lian CDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Murphy GDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Fallahi-Sichani MProgram in Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Dutton-Regester KBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Lin JRHMS LINCS Center and Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Cohen OBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Shah PDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • Lu DBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Genshaft ASBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Hughes TKBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Ziegler CGBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Kazer SWBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Gaillard ABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Kolb KEBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Villani ACBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Johannessen CMBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Andreev AYBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Van Allen EMBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • Bertagnolli MDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Department of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Sorger PKProgram in Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. HMS LINCS Center and Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Ludwig Center at Harvard, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • Sullivan RJDivision of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
  • Flaherty KTDivision of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
  • Frederick DTDivision of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
  • Jané-Valbuena JBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Yoon CHDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Department of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Rozenblatt-Rosen OBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • Shalek AKBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Department of Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
  • Regev ABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Biology and Koch Institute, MIT, Boston, MA 02142, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. bizar@partners.org aregev@broadinstitute.org levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu.
  • Garraway LABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. bizar@partners.org aregev@broadinstitute.org levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu.
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Omar Khan

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Great figures and clear story.

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Tom Khan

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Great figures and clear story.

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Yuki Nguyen

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Lena Cohen

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Sam Patel

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Great figures and clear story.

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Maya Lee

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Nice but incremental.

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Hugo Silva

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Nice but incremental.

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Omar Nguyen

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ravi Brown

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Jonas Park

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Important contribution to the field.

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Sam Cohen

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Nadia Kim

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Eva Patel

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Replication is unclear to me.