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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2023

Advances in spatial transcriptomics and related data analysis strategies.

Jun Du, Yu-Chen Yang, Zhi-Jie An, Ming-Hui Zhang, Xue-Hang Fu, Zou-Fang Huang, Ye Yuan, Jian Hou

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Review 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 129 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jun Du *Department of Hematology, School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujiang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Yu-Chen Yang *School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Zhi-Jie AnSchool of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Ming-Hui ZhangSchool of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Xue-Hang FuDepartment of Hematology, School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujiang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Zou-Fang Huang *Ganzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China. nfyyjsjj@126.com.
Ye Yuan *Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. yuanye_auto@sjtu.edu.cn.
Jian Hou *Department of Hematology, School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujiang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China. houjian@medmail.com.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2813-5850

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics technologies developed in recent years can provide various information including tissue heterogeneity, which is fundamental in biological and medical research, and have been making significant breakthroughs. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) cannot provide spatial information, while spatial transcriptomics technologies allow gene expression information to be obtained from intact tissue sections in the original physiological context at a spatial resolution. Various biological insights can be generated into tissue architecture and further the elucidation of the interaction between cells and the microenvironment. Thus, we can gain a general understanding of histogenesis processes and disease pathogenesis, etc. Furthermore, in silico methods involving the widely distributed R and Python packages for data analysis play essential roles in deriving indispensable bioinformation and eliminating technological limitations. In this review, we summarize available technologies of spatial transcriptomics, probe into several applications, discuss the computational strategies and raise future perspectives, highlighting the developmental potential.

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Biomedical ResearchTranscriptomeData AnalysisGene Expression ProfilingSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisMethodologySpatial transcriptomicsTissue heterogeneity

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PMID37202762
PMCPMC10193345

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