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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2023

Size matters: the impact of nucleus size on results from spatial transcriptomics.

Elyas Mohammadi, Katarzyna Chojnowska, Michał Bieńkowski, Anna Kostecka, Magdalena Koczkowska, Michał A Żmijewski, Marcin Jąkalski, Martin Ingelsson, Natalia Filipowicz, Paweł Olszewski and 6 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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16 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Elyas Mohammadi *3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Katarzyna Chojnowska *3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Michał BieńkowskiDepartment of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Anna Kostecka3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Magdalena Koczkowska3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Michał A ŻmijewskiDepartment of Histology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Marcin Jąkalski3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Martin IngelssonDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Geriatrics, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Natalia Filipowicz3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Paweł Olszewski3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Hanna DaviesDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Justyna M WierzbickaDepartment of Histology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Bradley T HymanDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Jan P Dumanski3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Arkadiusz Piotrowski *3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Jakub Mieczkowski *3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80 210, Gdańsk, Poland. jakubm@gumed.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-2091-012X
Gdańsk Medical University · PLUppsala University · SEHarvard University · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVisium Spatial Gene Expression (ST) is a method combining histological spatial information with transcriptomics profiles directly from tissue sections. The use of spatial information has made it possible to discover new modes of gene expression regulations. However, in the ST experiment, the nucleus size of cells may exceed the thickness of a tissue slice. This may, in turn, negatively affect comprehensive capturing the transcriptomics profile in a single slice, especially for tissues having large differences in the size of nuclei.

methodsHere, we defined the effect of Consecutive Slices Data Integration (CSDI) on unveiling accurate spot clustering and deconvolution of spatial transcriptomic spots in human postmortem brains. By considering the histological information as reference, we assessed the improvement of unsupervised clustering and single nuclei RNA-seq and ST data integration before and after CSDI.

resultsApart from the escalated number of defined clusters representing neuronal layers, the pattern of clusters in consecutive sections was concordant only after CSDI. Besides, the assigned cell labels to spots matches the histological pattern of tissue sections after CSDI.

conclusionCSDI can be applied to investigate consecutive sections studied with ST in the human cerebral cortex, avoiding misinterpretation of spot clustering and annotation, increasing accuracy of cell recognition as well as improvement in uncovering the layers of grey matter in the human brain.

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Gene Expression ProfilingTranscriptomeBrainCell CommunicationHumansRNA-SeqCerebral cortexConsecutive tissue sectionsData integrationNeuronal nucleiSpatial transcriptomics

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