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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Spatial deciphering of the transcriptomic heterogeneity of tumor spread through air spaces in lung cancer.

Wenhao Wang, Wenhao Zhou, Jingli Fan, Tao Jiang, Guang Yang, Congcong Song, Siwei Xu, Haitao Luo, Huining Liu

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Wenhao Wang *Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Wenhao Zhou *Shenzhen Engineering Center for Translational Medicine of Precision Cancer Immunodiagnosis and Therapy, YuceBio Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China.
Jingli FanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Tao JiangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Guang YangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Congcong SongShenzhen Engineering Center for Translational Medicine of Precision Cancer Immunodiagnosis and Therapy, YuceBio Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China.
Siwei XuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Haitao LuoShenzhen Engineering Center for Translational Medicine of Precision Cancer Immunodiagnosis and Therapy, YuceBio Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China.
Huining LiuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

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Abstract

Background: Spread through air spaces (STAS) represents a novel invasion mechanism in adenocarcinoma that considerably influences lung cancer clinical outcomes; however, studies of its mechanisms at the spatial level are lacking. Methods: We used the NanoString GeoMx digital spatial profiling (DSP) technology to conduct a spatial transcriptomic analysis of surgically resected tissues from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with or without STAS. Results: Compared with tumor nests in non-STAS patients, Conclusion: This study is the first to use DSP to analyze spatial transcriptomic profiles of NSCLC tumor nests and air space tumors, and it identifies potential module features that may be used for STAS identification and prognosis.

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digital spatial profilingnon-small-cell lung cancerspatial heterogeneityspatial transcriptomespread through air spaces

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