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ArticleGenome biology2024

iIMPACT: integrating image and molecular profiles for spatial transcriptomics analysis.

Xi Jiang, Shidan Wang, Lei Guo, Bencong Zhu, Zhuoyu Wen, Liwei Jia, Lin Xu, Guanghua Xiao, Qiwei Li

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Article in Genome biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xi JiangQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Shidan WangQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Lei GuoQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Bencong ZhuDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Zhuoyu WenQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Liwei JiaDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Lin XuQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Lin.Xu@utsouthwestern.edu.
Guanghua XiaoQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Guanghua.Xiao@utsouthwestern.edu.
Qiwei LiDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA. Qiwei.Li@utdallas.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-3050

Funding

Multiscale functional characterization of genomic variation in human developmental disordersUM1HG011996 · NHGRI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Gary Chung Hon, WILLIAM Lee KRAUS · 2021 to 2026
$10.5M
Deep Learning Image Analysis Algorithms to Improve Oral Cancer Risk Assessment for Oral Potentially Malignant DisordersR01DE030656 · NIDCR · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PICKERING, CURTIS, XIAO, GUANGHUA · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
Mechanisms of telomere-induced disease: Role of intestinal malabsorption, barrier dysfunction and dsybiosis.R01DK127037 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI NOAH Freeman SHROYER, Ergun Sahin · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
Unraveling ApoE4 Promotion of Cardiometabolic DiseaseR01HL144969 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHAUL, PHILIP W · 2020 to 2023
$2.6M
Reprogramming myeloid cells to inhibit cancer developmentR01CA263079 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHENGCHENG ZHANG · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Developing computational algorithms for histopathological image analysisR01GM140012 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI XIAO, GUANGHUA · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
Discovery of chemical probes for uveal melanomaR01CA180805 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GROSSNIKLAUS, HANS E., VAN MEIR, ERWIN G. · 2013 to 2015
$1.6M
Informatics Tools To Analyze And Model Whole Slide Image Data At The Single Cell LevelU01CA249245 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI XIAO, GUANGHUA · 2021 to 2023
$1.5M
Developing novel algorithms for spatial molecular profiling technologiesR01GM141519 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI XIAO, GUANGHUA · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
Identifying neuroblastoma drivers and bringing them to the clinicR21CA259771 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SKAPEK, STEPHEN X, XU, LIN · 2021 to 2021
$437k
Blocking an Endogenous Inhibitor of Anti-tumor Leukocyte RecruitmentF32CA200103 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BRULOIS, KEVIN · 2015 to 2017
$137k
Quantitative MRSI for the prediction of response to chemoradiation therapy in GBMF31CA180319 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CORDOVA, JAMES SCOTT · 2013 to 2016
$98k
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP170152Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP180319Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP180805Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP200103Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP220032Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP230330Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01CA263079Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01DE030656Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01DK127037Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01GM140012Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01GM141519Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R01HL144969Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R21CA259771Foundation for the National Institutes of Health U01CA249245Foundation for the National Institutes of Health UM1HG011996National Science Foundation 2113674National Science Foundation 2210912NCI NIH HHS R01 CA263079NCI NIH HHS R21 CA259771NCI NIH HHS U01 CA249245NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG011996NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144969NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030656NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127037NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140012NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current clustering analysis of spatial transcriptomics data primarily relies on molecular information and fails to fully exploit the morphological features present in histology images, leading to compromised accuracy and interpretability. To overcome these limitations, we have developed a multi-stage statistical method called iIMPACT. It identifies and defines histology-based spatial domains based on AI-reconstructed histology images and spatial context of gene expression measurements, and detects domain-specific differentially expressed genes. Through multiple case studies, we demonstrate iIMPACT outperforms existing methods in accuracy and interpretability and provides insights into the cellular spatial organization and landscape of functional genes within spatial transcriptomics data.

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Gene Expression ProfilingTranscriptomeCluster AnalysisHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedAI-reconstructed histology imageMarkov random fieldSpatial clusteringSpatially resolved transcriptomicsSpatially variable gene

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PMID38844966
PMCPMC11514947

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