{"database":"GEO","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Transcriptomics"],"species":["Mus musculus"],"gds_type":["Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE289815"],"repository":["GEO"],"entry_type":["GSE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"BASELINE: single cell lineage tracing with Cas12a-ABE","description":"A cell’s fate is shaped by its inherited state, or lineage, and the ever-shifting context of its environment. CRISPR-based recording technologies are a promising solution to map the importance of lineage, yet challenges remain regarding single-cell recovery, engineering complexity, and scale. Here, we introduce BASELINE, which uses base editing to generate high-resolution lineage trees in conjunction with single-cell profiling. BASELINE uses the Cas12a adenine base editor to irreversibly edit nucleotides within 50 synthetic target sites, which are integrated multiple times into a cell’s genome. We show that BASELINE accumulates lineage-specific marks over a wide range of biologically relevant intervals, recording more than 4300 bits of information in a model of pancreatic cancer. Single-cell sequencing reveals high-fidelity capture of these lineage recorders, recovering lineage reconstructions up to 46 cell-divisions deep, within the estimated range of mammalian development. We expect BASELINE to be applicable to various lineage-tracing projects in development and disease, especially in which cellular engineering makes small, more distributed systems challenging.","dates":{"publication":"2026/05/31"},"accession":"GSE289815","cross_references":{"GSM":["GSM8799194","GSM9286770"],"GPL":["30172"],"GSE":["289815"],"taxon":["Mus musculus"]}}