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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Spatial transcriptomics reveals organizational properties of mouse spinal cord and alterations in neuropathic pain.

Qimeng Wang, Yunfei Hu, Yuling Zhu, Jing Peng, Emmanuella Osei-Asante, Gautham Chelliah, Melissa Sobanko, Brianna Sanchez, David D Ginty, Xin Maizie Zhou and 1 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Semaphorins and Their Role in Neuropathic Pain.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. The Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Glia in Animal Models of Chronic Orofacial Pain: A Systematic Review.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Qimeng WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6453-7358
Yunfei HuDepartment of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
Yuling ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
Jing PengDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, USA.
Emmanuella Osei-AsanteDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, USA.
Gautham ChelliahDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Melissa SobankoDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Brianna SanchezDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, USA.
David D GintyDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9723-8530
Xin Maizie ZhouDepartment of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
Shan MeltzerDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7927-7253

Funding

Elucidating Cutaneous Mechanosensory Circuits, from Development to DiseaseR35NS097344 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GINTY, DAVID D · 2016 to 2023
$6.8M
Spinal Cord Nociceptive Circuits that Deliver Outputs to the Brain to Initiate PainR01AT011447 · NCCIH · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DRUGOWITSCH, JAN, GINTY, DAVID D · 2020 to 2024
$5.3M
Detecting structural variants in a large population of samples through high-throughput sequencing dataR35GM146960 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Xin Maizie Zhou · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
Elucidating Cutaneous Mechanosensory Circuits, from Development to DiseaseR35NS132196 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David D GINTY · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
Training in Pharmacological SciencesT32GM149363 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI T M Iverson, Ege T Kavalali · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT011447NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146960NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM149363NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097344NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS132196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spinal cord integrates diverse somatosensory inputs and executes motor outputs through anatomically and functionally distinct circuits. Here, we employed spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the adult mouse spinal cord to gain insights into the organizational logic of the spinal cord. Our results reveal distinct spatial and laminar distributions of neuronal subtypes, including axial level and sex-specific differences. Many neuronal subtypes exhibit close spatial proximity, implicating regionally specific patterns of connectivity and circuit functions. Additionally, neuronal subtypes within the dorsal horn exhibit a wide range of predicted cell-cell communication motifs, as assessed by the spatial distribution of neuropeptide- and other ligand-receptor pairs. Finally, we identified several neuronal subtypes with altered transcriptomic and predicted cell-cell communications in a model of neuropathic pain. This spatially resolved cellular and molecular map of the spinal cord will facilitate the decoding of circuit mechanisms underlying somatosensory and motor functions in health and disease.

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