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ArticleSTAR protocols2026

Protocol for identifying cellular and molecular signatures from spatial profiling data using micro-tissue analysis.

Huiqian Hu, Alphonsus H C Ng, Yue Lu

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Huiqian HuDepartment of Molecular Pharmaceutics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: huiqian.hu@utah.edu.
Alphonsus H C NgDepartment of Molecular Pharmaceutics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: alphonsus.ng@pharm.utah.edu.
Yue LuDepartment of Molecular Pharmaceutics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: yue.lu@pharm.utah.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial tissue profiling measures hundreds to thousands of biomolecules across tissue regions, but most analyses examine each feature one at a time. Here, we present a protocol for micro-tissue analysis using partial least-squares modeling. We describe steps for stratifying regions by microenvironment, building multivariate models to identify which features collectively drive a biological outcome, and interpreting the results. We detail four worked examples using two published GeoMx digital spatial profiler (DSP) datasets from human tumor and mucosal tissues. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Lu et al.

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Biotechnology and bioengineeringCancerHealth SciencesImmunologyMicrobiologyMicroscopyProteomicsSequence analysisSequencingSingle CellSystems biology

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