Spatial heterogeneity in the mammalian liver

S Ben-Moshe, S Itzkovitz�- Nature reviews Gastroenterology &�…, 2019 - nature.com
Hepatocytes operate in highly structured repeating anatomical units termed liver lobules.
Blood flow along the lobule radial axis creates gradients of oxygen, nutrients and hormones�…

Validating transcripts with probes and imaging technology

S Itzkovitz, A Van Oudenaarden�- Nature methods, 2011 - nature.com
High-throughput gene expression screens provide a quantitative picture of the average
expression signature of biological samples. However, the analysis of spatial gene�…

Single-cell spatial reconstruction reveals global division of labour in the mammalian liver

KB Halpern, R Shenhav, O Matcovitch-Natan, B Toth…�- Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The mammalian liver consists of hexagon-shaped lobules that are radially polarized by
blood flow and morphogens,,,. Key liver genes have been shown to be differentially�…

Superfamilies of evolved and designed networks

R Milo, S Itzkovitz, N Kashtan, R Levitt, S Shen-Orr…�- Science, 2004 - science.org
Complex biological, technological, and sociological networks can be of very different sizes
and connectivities, making it difficult to compare their structures. Here we present an�…

Functional atlas of the integrin adhesome

R Zaidel-Bar, S Itzkovitz, A Ma'ayan, R Iyengar…�- Nature cell�…, 2007 - nature.com
A detailed depiction of the'integrin adhesome', consisting of a complex network of 156
components linked together and modified by 690 interactions is presented. Different views of�…

Network motifs: simple building blocks of complex networks

R Milo, S Shen-Orr, S Itzkovitz, N Kashtan, D Chklovskii…�- Science, 2002 - science.org
Complex networks are studied across many fields of science. To uncover their structural
design principles, we defined “network motifs,” patterns of interconnections occurring in�…

Spatial transcriptomics: paving the way for tissue-level systems biology

AE Moor, S Itzkovitz�- Current opinion in biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cells in tissues operate in structured microenvironments.•Studying division of
labor in tissues requires spatially-resolved transcriptomics.•This is enabled by highly�…

[HTML][HTML] Personalized gut mucosal colonization resistance to empiric probiotics is associated with unique host and microbiome features

N Zmora, G Zilberman-Schapira, J Suez, U Mor…�- Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Empiric probiotics are commonly consumed by healthy individuals as means of life quality
improvement and disease prevention. However, evidence of probiotic gut mucosal�…

[HTML][HTML] A unique microglia type associated with restricting development of Alzheimer's disease

H Keren-Shaul, A Spinrad, A Weiner…�- Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a detrimental neurodegenerative disease with no effective
treatments. Due to cellular heterogeneity, defining the roles of immune cell subsets in AD�…

[HTML][HTML] The spatiotemporal program of zonal liver regeneration following acute injury

S Ben-Moshe, T Veg, R Manco, S Dan, D Papinutti…�- Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The liver carries a remarkable ability to regenerate rapidly after acute zonal damage. Single-
cell approaches are necessary to study this process, given the spatial heterogeneity of liver�…