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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Deep-tissue transcriptomics and subcellular imaging at high spatial resolution.

Valentina Gandin, Jun Kim, Liang-Zhong Yang, Yumin Lian, Takashi Kawase, Amy Hu, Konrad Rokicki, Greg Fleishman, Paul Tillberg, Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon and 3 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Whole-organism spatial transcriptomics at single-cell resolution inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. Ultrasensitive Enzyme-Free Detection of Proteins on Magnetic Beads.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  14. Spatial architecture of development and disease.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026
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  17. Applications and development of in situ nucleic acid visualization techniques.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Valentina Gandin *Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2627-1303
Jun Kim *Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9473-3093
Liang-Zhong YangJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8599-0001
Yumin LianJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-3663-3398
Takashi KawaseJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2991-5338
Amy HuJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9675-7232
Konrad RokickiJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2799-9833
Greg FleishmanJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1879-6521
Paul TillbergJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2568-2365
Alejandro Aguilera CastrejonJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1339-7778
Carsen StringerJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9229-4100
Stephan PreibischJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0276-494X
Zhe J LiuJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3592-3150

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limited color channels in fluorescence microscopy have long constrained spatial analysis in biological specimens. We introduce cycle hybridization chain reaction (cycleHCR), a method that integrates multicycle DNA barcoding with HCR to overcome this limitation. cycleHCR enables highly multiplexed imaging of RNA and proteins using a unified barcode system. Whole-embryo transcriptomics imaging achieved precise three-dimensional gene expression and cell fate mapping across a specimen depth of ~310 μm. When combined with expansion microscopy, cycleHCR revealed an intricate network of 10 subcellular structures in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. In mouse hippocampal slices, multiplex RNA and protein imaging uncovered complex gene expression gradients and cell-type-specific nuclear structural variations. cycleHCR provides a quantitative framework for elucidating spatial regulation in deep tissue contexts for research and has potential diagnostic applications.

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular ImagingRNAAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianFibroblastsHippocampusImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceTranscriptomeRNA

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PMID39977545
PMCPMC12005972

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