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ReviewGenomics2023

Spatial transcriptomics: Technologies, applications and experimental considerations.

Ye Wang, Bin Liu, Gexin Zhao, YooJin Lee, Anton Buzdin, Xiaofeng Mu, Joseph Zhao, Hong Chen, Xinmin Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Genomics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
128citing papers in PubMed
24.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

128 citing papers in PubMed, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ye WangClinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Qingdao Central Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266042, China. Electronic address: yewang@qdu.edu.cn.
Bin LiuDepartments of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang 110042, China.
Gexin ZhaoUCLA Technology Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 650 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
YooJin LeeUCLA Technology Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 650 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Anton BuzdinShemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region, 141701, Russia; World-Class Research Center "Digital biodesign and personalized healthcare", Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Xiaofeng MuClinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Qingdao Central Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266042, China.
Joseph ZhaoUCLA Technology Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 650 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Hong ChenHeilongjiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 142, Sanfu Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province 150036, China.
Xinmin LiUCLA Technology Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 650 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: xinminli@mednet.ucla.edu.
UCLA Medical Center · USQingdao University · CNChina Medical University · CNHeilongjiang Academy of Forestry · CNInstitute of Physics and Technology · RU

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
Tissue-Engineered Models of Microvessel-Mediated Glioblastoma InvasionR01CA241927 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI SEIDLITS, STEPHANIE KRISTIN · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diverse cell types of an organ have a highly structured organization to enable their efficient and correct function. To fully appreciate gene functions in a given cell type, one needs to understand how much, when and where the gene is expressed. Classic bulk RNA sequencing and popular single cell sequencing destroy cell structural organization and fail to provide spatial information. However, the spatial location of gene expression or of the cell in a complex tissue provides key clues to comprehend how the neighboring genes or cells cross talk, transduce signals and work together as a team to complete the job. The functional requirement for the spatial content has been a driving force for rapid development of the spatial transcriptomics technologies in the past few years. Here, we present an overview of current spatial technologies with a special focus on the commercially available or currently being commercialized technologies, highlight their applications by category and discuss experimental considerations for a first spatial experiment.

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingTranscriptome10× VisiumBMKMANU S1000CosMx SMIGeoMx DSPMERFISHRNA sequencingSpatial transcriptomicsStereo-seqXienum

Identifiers

PMID37353093
PMCPMC10571167
OpenAlexW4381548118

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Registered trials

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