Exploring tissue architecture using spatial transcriptomics

A Rao, D Barkley, GS França, I Yanai - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Deciphering the principles and mechanisms by which gene activity orchestrates complex
cellular arrangements in multicellular organisms has far-reaching implications for research …

Applicability of spatial transcriptional profiling to cancer research

R Bassiouni, LD Gibbs, DW Craig, JD Carpten… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Spatial transcriptional profiling provides gene expression information within the important
anatomical context of tissue architecture. This approach is well suited to characterizing solid …

SPARK-X: non-parametric modeling enables scalable and robust detection of spatial expression patterns for large spatial transcriptomic studies

J Zhu, S Sun, X Zhou - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Spatial transcriptomic studies are becoming increasingly common and large, posing
important statistical and computational challenges for many analytic tasks. Here, we present …

Rapid 3D bioprinting of glioblastoma model mimicking native biophysical heterogeneity

M Tang, SK Tiwari, K Agrawal, M Tan, J Dang, T Tam… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most lethal primary brain tumor characterized by high
cellular and molecular heterogeneity, hypervascularization, and innate drug resistance …

The mitochondrial citrate carrier SLC25A1/CIC and the fundamental role of citrate in cancer, inflammation and beyond

R Mosaoa, A Kasprzyk-Pawelec, HR Fernandez… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The mitochondrial citrate/isocitrate carrier, CIC, has been shown to play an important role in
a growing list of human diseases. CIC belongs to a large family of nuclear-encoded …

Spatially resolved 3D metabolomic profiling in tissues

S Ganesh, T Hu, E Woods, M Allam, S Cai… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Spatially resolved RNA and protein molecular analyses have revealed unexpected
heterogeneity of cells. Metabolic analysis of individual cells complements these single-cell …

SpatialDE2: fast and localized variance component analysis of spatial transcriptomics

I Kats, R Vento-Tormo, O Stegle - Biorxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Spatial transcriptomics is now a mature technology, allowing to assay gene expression
changes in the histological context of complex tissues. A canonical analysis workflow starts …

Tumor microenvironment: a prospective target of natural alkaloids for cancer treatment

Y Luo, S Yin, J Lu, S Zhou, Y Shao, X Bao… - Cancer Cell …, 2021 - Springer
Malignant tumor has become one of the major diseases that seriously endangers human
health. Numerous studies have demonstrated that tumor microenvironment (TME) is closely …

Targeting mitochondrial metabolism in prostate cancer with triterpenoids

K Mamouni, G Kallifatidis, BL Lokeshwar - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of malignancy. It implements profound metabolic
changes to sustain cancer cell survival and proliferation. Although the Warburg effect is a …

[HTML][HTML] The Pandora's box of novel technologies that may revolutionize lung cancer

HS Rad, HS Rad, Y Shiravand, P Radfar, D Arpon… - Lung Cancer, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most common cancers globally and has a
5-year survival rate~ 20%. Immunotherapies have demonstrated long-term and durable …