Profiling cell identity and tissue architecture with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

GS Gulati, JP D'Silva, Y Liu, L Wang… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Single-cell transcriptomics has broadened our understanding of cellular diversity and gene
expression dynamics in healthy and diseased tissues. Recently, spatial transcriptomics has …

[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 …

STOmicsDB: a comprehensive database for spatial transcriptomics data sharing, analysis and visualization

Z Xu, W Wang, T Yang, L Li, X Ma, J Chen… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent technological developments in spatial transcriptomics allow researchers to measure
gene expression of cells and their spatial locations at the single-cell level, generating …

Custom microfluidic chip design enables cost-effective three-dimensional spatiotemporal transcriptomics with a wide field of view

J Zhu, K Pang, B Hu, R He, N Wang, Z Jiang, P Ji… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Spatial transcriptomic techniques offer unprecedented insights into the molecular
organization of complex tissues. However, integrating cost-effectiveness, high throughput, a …

Cell–cell communication: new insights and clinical implications

J Su, Y Song, Z Zhu, X Huang, J Fan, J Qiao… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Multicellular organisms are composed of diverse cell types that must coordinate their
behaviors through communication. Cell–cell communication (CCC) is essential for growth …

Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk in the amyloid plaque niche of an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, as revealed by spatial transcriptomics

A Mallach, M Zielonka, V van Lieshout, Y An, JH Khoo… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The amyloid plaque niche is a pivotal hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we
employ two high-resolution spatial transcriptomics (ST) platforms, CosMx and Spatial …

Spatiotemporal omics for biology and medicine

L Liu, A Chen, Y Li, J Mulder, H Heyn, X Xu - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The completion of the Human Genome Project has provided a foundational blueprint for
understanding human life. Nonetheless, understanding the intricate mechanisms through …

Map** cells through time and space with moscot

D Klein, G Palla, M Lange, M Klein, Z Piran, M Gander… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Single-cell genomic technologies enable the multimodal profiling of millions of cells across
temporal and spatial dimensions. However, experimental limitations hinder the …

Spatial transcriptomic technologies

TY Chen, L You, JAU Hardillo, MP Chien - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spatial transcriptomic technologies enable measurement of expression levels of genes
systematically throughout tissue space, deepening our understanding of cellular …

Mechanisms of kidney fibrosis and routes towards therapy

N Yamashita, R Kramann - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Kidney fibrosis is the final common pathway of virtually all chronic kidney diseases (CKDs)
and is therefore considered to be a promising therapeutic target for these conditions …