Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37255850›Full record

ArticleResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2023

Spatial transcriptomics of murine bone marrow megakaryocytes at single-cell resolution.

Julia Tilburg, Andrew P Stone, James M Billingsley, David K Scoville, Anna Pavenko, Yan Liang, Joseph E Italiano, Kellie R Machlus

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia: from "platelet counting" to ecological repair of the bone marrow.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Advances in Spatial Transcriptomics in Bone.Current osteoporosis reports · 2026
    Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Inside-to-outside and back to the future of megakaryopoiesis.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Julia TilburgDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Andrew P StoneDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
James M BillingsleyHarvard Chan Bioinformatics Core, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David K ScovilleNanostring Technologies Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Anna PavenkoNanostring Technologies Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Yan LiangNanostring Technologies Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Joseph E ItalianoDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kellie R MachlusDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USNanostring Technologies (United States) · USHarvard University · US

Funding

The Centrosome as a master controller of platelet production.R35HL161175 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JOSEPH E ITALIANO · 2022 to 2026
$5.3M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: While megakaryocytes are known for making platelets, recent single-cell RNA sequencing data have revealed subpopulations of megakaryocytes with predicted immunoregulatory and bone marrow niche-supporting roles. Although these studies uncovered interesting information regarding the transcriptional variation of megakaryocytes, the generation, localization, and regulation of these subsets have not yet been studied and therefore remain incompletely understood. Considering the complex organization of the bone marrow, we reasoned that the application of spatial transcriptomic approaches could help dissect megakaryocyte heterogeneity within a spatiotemporal context. Objectives: The aim of this study was to combine spatial context and transcriptomics to assess the heterogeneity of murine bone marrow megakaryocytes Methods: Bone marrow sections were obtained from femurs of C57BL/6J mice. Using the murine whole transcriptome array on the Nanostring GeoMx digital spatial profiling platform, we profiled 44 individual megakaryocytes (CD41 Results: Principal component analysis revealed no association between transcriptomic profile and adjacency to the vasculature. However, there was a significant effect of proximal vs distal regions of the bone. Two and 3 genes were found overexpressed in the proximal and distal sides, respectively. Of note, proplatelet basic protein and platelet factor 4, 2 genes associated with platelet production, had higher expression in proximal megakaryocytes Conclusion: This study indicates a possible effect of spatial location on megakaryocyte heterogeneity and substantiate further interest in investigating megakaryocyte subpopulations in the context of their spatial orientation.

Indexed as

blood plateletsbone marrowmegakaryocytessingle-cellspatial transcriptomics

Identifiers

PMID37255850
PMCPMC10225915
OpenAlexW4366526021

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.