An introduction to spatial transcriptomics for biomedical research

CG Williams, HJ Lee, T Asatsuma, R Vento-Tormo… - Genome Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Single-cell transcriptomics (scRNA-seq) has become essential for biomedical research over
the past decade, particularly in developmental biology, cancer, immunology, and …

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 …

Cell2location maps fine-grained cell types in spatial transcriptomics

V Kleshchevnikov, A Shmatko, E Dann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Spatial transcriptomic technologies promise to resolve cellular wiring diagrams of tissues in
health and disease, but comprehensive mapping of cell types in situ remains a challenge …

Comparison of methods and resources for cell-cell communication inference from single-cell RNA-Seq data

D Dimitrov, D Türei, M Garrido-Rodriguez… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The growing availability of single-cell data, especially transcriptomics, has sparked an
increased interest in the inference of cell-cell communication. Many computational tools …

Single-cell roadmap of human gonadal development

L Garcia-Alonso, V Lorenzi, CI Mazzeo… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Gonadal development is a complex process that involves sex determination followed by
divergent maturation into either testes or ovaries. Historically, limited tissue accessibility, a …

Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial multiomics map of trophoblast development in early pregnancy

A Arutyunyan, K Roberts, K Troulé, FCK Wong… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The relationship between the human placenta—the extraembryonic organ made by the
fetus, and the decidua—the mucosal layer of the uterus, is essential to nurture and protect …

Screening cell–cell communication in spatial transcriptomics via collective optimal transport

Z Cang, Y Zhao, AA Almet, A Stabell, R Ramos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spatial transcriptomic technologies and spatially annotated single-cell RNA sequencing
datasets provide unprecedented opportunities to dissect cell–cell communication (CCC) …

Modeling intercellular communication in tissues using spatial graphs of cells

DS Fischer, AC Schaar, FJ Theis - Nature Biotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Models of intercellular communication in tissues are based on molecular profiles of
dissociated cells, are limited to receptor–ligand signaling and ignore spatial proximity in situ …

Single-cell atlases: shared and tissue-specific cell types across human organs

R Elmentaite, C Domínguez Conde, L Yang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics methods was instrumental in the
conception of the Human Cell Atlas initiative, which aims to generate an integrated map of …