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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2024

Spatial transcriptomics analysis identifies therapeutic targets in diffuse high-grade gliomas.

Yongtao Yang, Yingzhou Hong, Kai Zhao, Minhao Huang, Wenhu Li, Kui Zhang, Ninghui Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Yongtao Yang *Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Yingzhou Hong *Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Kai ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Minhao HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Wenhu LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Kui ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Ninghui ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: Diffuse high-grade gliomas are the most common malignant adult neuroepithelial tumors in humans and a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The advancement of high throughput transcriptome sequencing technology enables rapid and comprehensive acquisition of transcriptome data from target cells or tissues. This technology aids researchers in understanding and identifying critical therapeutic targets for the prognosis and treatment of diffuse high-grade glioma. Methods: Spatial transcriptomics was conducted on two cases of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type diffuse high-grade glioma (Glio-IDH-wt) and two cases of IDH-mutant diffuse high-grade glioma (Glio-IDH-mut). Gene set enrichment analysis and clustering analysis were employed to pinpoint differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in the progression of diffuse high-grade gliomas. The spatial distribution of DEGs in the spatially defined regions of human glioma tissues was overlaid in the t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) plots. Results: We identified a total of 10,693 DEGs, with 5,677 upregulated and 5,016 downregulated, in spatially defined regions of diffuse high-grade gliomas. Specifically, Discussion: Spatial transcriptome analysis is one of the breakthroughs in the field of medical biotechnology as this can map the analytes such as RNA information in their physical location in tissue sections. Our findings illuminate previously unexplored spatial expression profiles of key biomarkers in diffuse high-grade glioma, offering novel insight for the development of therapeutic strategies in glioma.

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