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EAGS: efficient and adaptive Gaussian smoothing applied to high-resolved spatial transcriptomics.

Tongxuan Lv, Ying Zhang, Mei Li, Qiang Kang, Shuangsang Fang, Yong Zhang, Susanne Brix, Xun Xu

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Tongxuan LvBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0009-0008-3618-635X
Ying ZhangBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3830-1338
Mei LiBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3310-2911
Qiang KangBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6579-7944
Shuangsang FangBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4126-0074
Yong ZhangBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9950-1793
Susanne BrixBGI Research, Beijing 102601, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8951-6705
Xun XuBGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5338-5173

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC3400400
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Abstract

backgroundThe emergence of high-resolved spatial transcriptomics (ST) has facilitated the research of novel methods to investigate biological development, organism growth, and other complex biological processes. However, high-resolved and whole transcriptomics ST datasets require customized imputation methods to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and the data quality.

findingsWe propose an efficient and adaptive Gaussian smoothing (EAGS) imputation method for high-resolved ST. The adaptive 2-factor smoothing of EAGS creates patterns based on the spatial and expression information of the cells, creates adaptive weights for the smoothing of cells in the same pattern, and then utilizes the weights to restore the gene expression profiles. We assessed the performance and efficiency of EAGS using simulated and high-resolved ST datasets of mouse brain and olfactory bulb.

conclusionsCompared with other competitive methods, EAGS shows higher clustering accuracy, better biological interpretations, and significantly reduced computational consumption.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingTranscriptomeAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingMiceNormal DistributionSignal-To-Noise Ratioadaptive weightgaussian smoothingimputationspatial transcriptomics

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PMCPMC10939424

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