Statistical and machine learning methods for spatially resolved transcriptomics data analysis

Z Zeng, Y Li, Y Li, Y Luo - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
The recent advancement in spatial transcriptomics technology has enabled multiplexed
profiling of cellular transcriptomes and spatial locations. As the capacity and efficiency of the …

A generalized linear mixed model association tool for biobank-scale data

L Jiang, Z Zheng, H Fang, J Yang - Nature genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Compared with linear mixed model-based genome-wide association (GWA) methods,
generalized linear mixed model (GLMM)-based methods have better statistical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical and machine learning methods for spatially resolved transcriptomics with histology

J Hu, A Schroeder, K Coleman, C Chen… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent developments in spatially resolved transcriptomics (SRT) technologies have
enabled scientists to get an integrated understanding of cells in their morphological context …

Statistical analysis of spatial expression patterns for spatially resolved transcriptomic studies

S Sun, J Zhu, X Zhou - Nature methods, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying genes that display spatial expression patterns in spatially resolved transcriptomic
studies is an important first step toward characterizing the spatial transcriptomic landscape …

Rare coding variant analysis for human diseases across biobanks and ancestries

SJ Jurgens, X Wang, SH Choi, LC Weng, S Koyama… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale sequencing has enabled unparalleled opportunities to investigate the role of
rare coding variation in human phenotypic variability. Here, we present a pan-ancestry …

Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

X Li, Z Li, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, Y Liu, H Chen, R Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies have enabled the analysis of rare variants
(RVs) associated with complex phenotypes. Commonly used RV association tests have …

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 …

SAIGE-GENE+ improves the efficiency and accuracy of set-based rare variant association tests

W Zhou, W Bi, Z Zhao, KK Dey, KA Jagadeesh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Several biobanks, including UK Biobank (UKBB), are generating large-scale sequencing
data. An existing method, SAIGE-GENE, performs well when testing variants with minor …

Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

X Li, C Quick, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, Y Liu, H Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Meta-analysis of whole genome sequencing/whole exome sequencing (WGS/WES) studies
provides an attractive solution to the problem of collecting large sample sizes for discovering …

Operating characteristics of the rank-based inverse normal transformation for quantitative trait analysis in genome-wide association studies

ZR McCaw, JM Lane, R Saxena, S Redline, X Lin - Biometrics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative traits analyzed in Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) are often
nonnormally distributed. For such traits, association tests based on standard linear …