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ArticleResearch (Washington, D.C.)2025

Deep Learning-Enabled Integration of Histology and Transcriptomics for Tissue Spatial Profile Analysis.

Yongxin Ge, Jiake Leng, Ziyang Tang, Kanran Wang, Kaicheng U, Sophia Meixuan Zhang, Sen Han, Yiyan Zhang, Jinxi Xiang, Sen Yang and 5 more

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Article in Research (Washington, D.C.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Longitudinal Characterization of GiantResearch (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
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  17. Computer Vision Methods for Spatial Transcriptomics: A Survey.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yongxin GeSchool of Big Data and Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Jiake LengSchool of Big Data and Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Ziyang TangDepartment of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Kanran WangRadiation Oncology Center, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Kaicheng UTri-Institutional Computational Biology & Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Sophia Meixuan ZhangCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Sen HanDivision of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Yiyan ZhangDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jinxi XiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Sen YangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Xiang LiuDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Yi SongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Xiyue WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3597-9090
Yuchen LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9141-9627
Junhan ZhaoDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0316-8365

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatially resolved transcriptomics enable comprehensive measurement of gene expression at subcellular resolution while preserving the spatial context of the tissue microenvironment. While deep learning has shown promise in analyzing SCST datasets, most efforts have focused on sequence data and spatial localization, with limited emphasis on leveraging rich histopathological insights from staining images. We introduce GIST, a deep learning-enabled gene expression and histology integration for spatial cellular profiling. GIST employs histopathology foundation models pretrained on millions of histology images to enhance feature extraction and a hybrid graph transformer model to integrate them with transcriptome features. Validated with datasets from human lung, breast, and colorectal cancers, GIST effectively reveals spatial domains and substantially improves the accuracy of segmenting the microenvironment after denoising transcriptomics data. This enhancement enables more accurate gene expression analysis and aids in identifying prognostic marker genes, outperforming state-of-the-art deep learning methods with a total improvement of up to 49.72%. GIST provides a generalizable framework for integrating histology with spatial transcriptome analysis, revealing novel insights into spatial organization and functional dynamics.

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PMID39830364
PMCPMC11739434

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