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ArticleGenome medicine2025

LETSmix: a spatially informed and learning-based domain adaptation method for cell-type deconvolution in spatial transcriptomics.

Yangen Zhan, Yongbing Zhang, Zheqi Hu, Yifeng Wang, Zirui Zhu, Sijing Du, Xiangming Yan, Xiu Li

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Article in Genome medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Yangen Zhan *Division of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518052, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7103-8087
Yongbing Zhang *School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China. ybzhang08@hit.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3320-2904
Zheqi Hu *School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8596-6061
Yifeng WangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8317-8434
Zirui ZhuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0009-0007-6736-8757
Sijing DuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0009-0003-7058-5809
Xiangming YanSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8938-6752
Xiu LiDivision of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518052, China. li.xiu@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0403-1923

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) enables the study of gene expression in spatial context, but many ST technologies face challenges due to limited resolution, leading to cell mixtures at each spot. We present LETSmix to deconvolve cell types by integrating spatial correlations through a tailored LETS filter, which leverages layer annotations, expression similarities, image texture features, and spatial coordinates to refine ST data. Additionally, LETSmix employs a mixup-augmented domain adaptation strategy to address discrepancies between ST and reference single-cell RNA sequencing data. Comprehensive evaluations across diverse ST platforms and tissue types demonstrate its high accuracy in estimating cell-type proportions and spatial patterns, surpassing existing methods (URL: https://github.com/ZhanYangen/LETSmix ).

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Gene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisSoftwareTranscriptomeAlgorithmsComputational BiologyHumansCell-type deconvolutionDeep learningDomain adaptationHistological imageMixupSingle-cell RNA-seqSpatial correlationSpatial transcriptomics

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PMCPMC11869467

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