CLARA

CLARA enables integrated analysis of single-cell transcriptomic datasets from mouse and human cardiovascular tissues to characterize cellular identities, gene expression patterns, population dynamics, and intercellular interactions in cardiovascular development, homeostasis, and disease.


Key Features:

  • Data Accessibility: Provides access to extensive single-cell transcriptomic datasets from mouse and human cardiovascular tissues.
  • Custom Visual Representations: Produces custom visualizations that allow querying changes in cellular phenotypes and interactions across contexts.
  • Gene Expression Analysis: Enables examination of gene expression patterns within cardiac cells to reveal molecular networks governing cardiovascular development, homeostasis, and disease.
  • Cell Population Dynamics: Supports investigation of cell population dynamics to assess how different cardiac cell types interact and evolve in physiological and pathological conditions.
  • Intercellular Interactions: Facilitates detailed exploration of intercellular interactions constituting the cardiac cellular niche.

Scientific Applications:

  • Cellular Diversity Mapping: Characterize the complexity and diversity of cell types within mammalian cardiovascular tissues.
  • Development and Homeostasis Mechanisms: Investigate molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular development and maintenance of homeostasis.
  • Disease Mechanism Analysis: Identify pathological disruptions and molecular changes occurring in cardiovascular disease states.

Methodology:

CLARA leverages advanced single-cell profiling technologies to compile and present single-cell transcriptomic datasets.

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Details

Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Added:
11/20/2021
Last Updated:
11/20/2021

Operations

Publications

Dona MS, Hsu I, Rathnayake TS, Farrugia GE, Gaynor TL, Kharbanda M, Skelly DA, Pinto AR. CLARA: A web portal for interactive exploration of the cardiovascular cellular landscape in health and disease. Unknown Journal. 2021. doi:10.1101/2021.07.18.452862.