Understanding tumor ecosystems by single-cell sequencing: promises and limitations

Abstract Cellular heterogeneity within and across tumors has been a major obstacle in understanding and treating cancer, and the complex heterogeneity is masked if bulk tumor tissues are used for analysis. The advent of rapidly developing single-cell sequencing technologies, which include methods re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xianwen Ren, Boxi Kang, Zemin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Genome Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-018-1593-z