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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Scaling up spatial transcriptomics for large-sized tissues: uncovering cellular-level tissue architecture beyond conventional platforms with iSCALE.

Amelia Schroeder, Melanie Loth, Chunyu Luo, Sicong Yao, Hanying Yan, Daiwei Zhang, Sarbottam Piya, Edward Plowey, Wenxing Hu, Jean R Clemenceau and 13 more

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23 authors.

Amelia SchroederStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Melanie LothStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Chunyu LuoStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Sicong YaoStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Hanying YanStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Daiwei ZhangStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Sarbottam PiyaResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Edward PloweyResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Wenxing HuResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Jean R ClemenceauDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Inyeop JangDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Minji KimDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Isabel BarnfatherDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Su Jing ChanResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Taylor L ReynoldsResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Thomas CarlileResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Patrick CullenResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Ji-Youn SungDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hui-Hsin TsaiResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Jeong Hwan ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Tae Hyun HwangDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Baohong ZhangResearch Department, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4735-4212
Mingyao LiStatistical Center for Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.

Funding

Integrative analysis of spatial transcriptomics with histology images and single cellsR01HG013185 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Mingyao Li · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Integration of spatial transcriptomics, genetics, and histomorphology for causal inference in atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseR01HL171595 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Muredach P Reilly · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
Developing informatics tools to predict virtual spatial transcriptomics data with single-cell resolution in large-scale studiesR01LM014592 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Mingyao Li · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG013185NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL171595NLM NIH HHS R01 LM014592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in spatial transcriptomics (ST) technologies have transformed our ability to profile gene expression while retaining the crucial spatial context within tissues. However, existing ST platforms suffer from high costs, long turnaround times, low resolution, limited gene coverage, and small tissue capture areas, which hinder their broad applications. Here we present iSCALE, a method that predicts super-resolution gene expression and automatically annotates cellular-level tissue architecture for large-sized tissues that exceed the capture areas of standard ST platforms. The accuracy of iSCALE were validated by comprehensive evaluations, involving benchmarking experiments, immunohistochemistry staining, and manual annotation by pathologists. When applied to multiple sclerosis human brain samples, iSCALE uncovered lesion associated cellular characteristics that were undetectable by conventional ST experiments. Our results demonstrate iSCALE's utility in analyzing large-sized tissues with automatic and unbiased tissue annotation, inferring cell type composition, and pinpointing regions of interest for features not discernible through human visual assessment.

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histologymachine learningspatial transcriptomicssuper-resolution

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PMID40060412
PMCPMC11888418

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