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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2025

STIFT: spatiotemporal transcriptomics integration through spatially informed multi-timepoint bridging.

Ji Qi, Muyang Ge, Jishuai Miao, Xiaocheng Zhou, Zhixiang Lin

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ji QiDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0009-0001-2911-3303
Muyang GeDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jishuai MiaoDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiaocheng ZhouDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Zhixiang LinDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Funding

Chinese University of Hong Kong Science Faculty's Collaborative Research Impact Matching Scheme CRIMS 4620033Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee GRF 14300923Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee GRF 14301120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in spatial transcriptomics have highlighted the need for integrating spatiotemporal transcriptomics data, defined as spatially resolved gene expression profiles captured across sequential time points in developmental or regenerative processes. We present STIFT (SpatioTemporal Integration Framework for Transcriptomics) specifically designed for integrating spatiotemporal transcriptomics data. STIFT is a three-component framework combining developmental spatiotemporal optimal transport, spatiotemporal graph construction, and a graph attention autoencoder informed by temporal triplet learning. STIFT integrates large-scale 2D or 3D spatiotemporal transcriptomics data, enabling batch effect removal, spatial domain identification, trajectory inference and exploration of developmental dynamics. Applied to axolotl brain regeneration, mouse embryonic development, and 3D planarian regeneration datasets, STIFT removes batch effects and achieves clear spatial domain identification while preserving temporal developmental patterns and biological variations across hundreds of thousands of spots, demonstrating its effectiveness and specificity in integrating spatiotemporal transcriptomics data.

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Computational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingTranscriptomeAmbystoma mexicanumAnimalsBrainEmbryonic DevelopmentMicePlanariansRegenerationSpatio-Temporal Analysisdata integrationgraph attention autoencoderspatial transcriptomicsspatiotemporal data

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