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ArticleNature communications2023

Spatially resolved transcriptomic profiling of degraded and challenging fresh frozen samples.

Reza Mirzazadeh, Zaneta Andrusivova, Ludvig Larsson, Phillip T Newton, Leire Alonso Galicia, Xesús M Abalo, Mahtab Avijgan, Linda Kvastad, Alexandre Denadai-Souza, Nathalie Stakenborg and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Reza Mirzazadeh *Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zaneta Andrusivova *Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ludvig Larsson *Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4209-2911
Phillip T NewtonDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden and Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2142-1798
Leire Alonso GaliciaDepartment of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Xesús M AbaloDepartment of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1643-0705
Mahtab AvijganDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden and Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
Linda KvastadDepartment of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5869-3485
Alexandre Denadai-SouzaDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0385-1321
Nathalie StakenborgDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6229-0045
Alexandra B FirsovaDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Alia ShamikhDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Aleksandra Jurek10x Genomics, Stockholm, Sweden.
Niklas SchultzDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Monica NistérDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1261-3790
Christos SamakovlisDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Guy BoeckxstaensDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8267-5797
Joakim LundebergDepartment of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden. joakim.lundeberg@scilifelab.se.ORCID 0000-0003-4313-1601

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatially resolved transcriptomics has enabled precise genome-wide mRNA expression profiling within tissue sections. The performance of methods targeting the polyA tails of mRNA relies on the availability of specimens with high RNA quality. Moreover, the high cost of currently available spatial resolved transcriptomics assays requires a careful sample screening process to increase the chance of obtaining high-quality data. Indeed, the upfront analysis of RNA quality can show considerable variability due to sample handling, storage, and/or intrinsic factors. We present RNA-Rescue Spatial Transcriptomics (RRST), a workflow designed to improve mRNA recovery from fresh frozen specimens with moderate to low RNA quality. First, we provide a benchmark of RRST against the standard Visium spatial gene expression protocol on high RNA quality samples represented by mouse brain and prostate cancer samples. Then, we test the RRST protocol on tissue sections collected from five challenging tissue types, including human lung, colon, small intestine, pediatric brain tumor, and mouse bone/cartilage. In total, we analyze 52 tissue sections and demonstrate that RRST is a versatile, powerful, and reproducible protocol for fresh frozen specimens of different qualities and origins.

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RNATranscriptomeAnimalsBenchmarkingBiological AssayChildHumansMaleMiceRNA, MessengerRNARNA, Messenger

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PMCPMC9889806

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