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 …

The emerging landscape of spatial profiling technologies

JR Moffitt, E Lundberg, H Heyn - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Improved scale, multiplexing and resolution are establishing spatial nucleic acid and protein
profiling methods as a major pillar for cellular atlas building of complex samples, from …

[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Spatial profiling technologies illuminate the tumor microenvironment

O Elhanani, R Ben-Uri, L Keren - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of many different cellular and acellular
components that together drive tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and response to …

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 …

Best practice standards for circular RNA research

AF Nielsen, A Bindereif, I Bozzoni, M Hanan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are formed in all domains of life and via different mechanisms.
There has been an explosion in the number of circRNA papers in recent years; however, as …

Clinical application of advanced multi-omics tumor profiling: Shaping precision oncology of the future

D Akhoundova, MA Rubin - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Next-generation DNA sequencing technology has dramatically advanced clinical oncology
through the identification of therapeutic targets and molecular biomarkers, leading to the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved transcriptomics: a comprehensive review of their technological advances, applications, and challenges

M Cheng, Y Jiang, J Xu, AFA Mentis, S Wang… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability to explore life kingdoms is largely driven by innovations and breakthroughs in
technology, from the invention of the microscope 350 years ago to the recent emergence of …

Single-cell spatial metabolomics with cell-type specific protein profiling for tissue systems biology

T Hu, M Allam, S Cai, W Henderson, B Yueh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer and immune cells occurs to support their increasing
energy needs in biological tissues. Here we propose Single Cell Spatially resolved …

Current progress in expansion microscopy: chemical strategies and applications

G Wen, V Leen, T Rohand, M Sauer… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a newly developed super-resolution technique, allowing
visualization of biological targets at nanoscale resolution on conventional fluorescence …