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Towards resolving proteomes in single cells

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Development of methods for single-cell proteomics increases depth and throughput

Single-cell RNA sequencing approaches provide an indirect readout for protein levels in a given cell, but these measurements tend to be sparse for many transcripts. Additionally, protein stability influences the proteome, and this information cannot be derived from RNA-seq, making it necessary to directly quantify the proteome in single cells. Antibody-based methods have been employed to quantify proteomes in single cells, but these have limited specificity. Recently, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS)-based proteomics approaches have made headway in increasing the throughput and depth of single-cell measurements.

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Singh, A. Towards resolving proteomes in single cells. Nat Methods 18, 856 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01243-y

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