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 …

Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to elucidate intercellular tissue dynamics

SK Longo, MG Guo, AL Ji, PA Khavari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) identifies cell subpopulations within tissue but
does not capture their spatial distribution nor reveal local networks of intercellular …

Harnessing multimodal data integration to advance precision oncology

KM Boehm, P Khosravi, R Vanguri, J Gao… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Advances in quantitative biomarker development have accelerated new forms of data-driven
insights for patients with cancer. However, most approaches are limited to a single mode of …

Microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: from understanding to therapy

L Muzio, A Viotti, G Martino - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) acting as the
first line of defense in the brain by phagocytosing harmful pathogens and cellular debris …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies

F Akçimen, ER Lopez, JE Landers, A Nath… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in sequencing technologies and collaborative efforts have led to
substantial progress in identifying the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomics and in situ sequencing to study Alzheimer's disease

WT Chen, A Lu, K Craessaerts, B Pavie, CS Frigerio… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Although complex inflammatory-like alterations are observed around the amyloid plaques of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known about the molecular changes and cellular …

SODB facilitates comprehensive exploration of spatial omics data

Z Yuan, W Pan, X Zhao, F Zhao, Z Xu, X Li, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spatial omics technologies generate wealthy but highly complex datasets. Here we present
Spatial Omics DataBase (SODB), a web-based platform providing both rich data resources …

Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders

AN Brandebura, A Paumier, TS Onur… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
There is increasing appreciation that non-neuronal cells contribute to the initiation,
progression and pathology of diverse neurodegenerative disorders. This Review focuses on …

Integrating microarray-based spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA-seq reveals tissue architecture in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

R Moncada, D Barkley, F Wagner, M Chiodin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) enables the systematic identification of cell
populations in a tissue, but characterizing their spatial organization remains challenging. We …