
OLD Category: methods
May 1, 2023 / Front Oncol
The promise and challenge of spatial omics in dissecting tumour microenvironment and the role of AI
Growing evidence supports the critical role of tumour microenvironment (TME) in tumour progression, metastases, and treatment response. However, the in-situ interplay among various TME components, particularly between immune and tumour…
April 13, 2023 / Int J Mol Sci
A Focus on the Synergy of Radiomics and RNA Sequencing in Breast Cancer
Radiological imaging is currently employed as the most effective technique for screening, diagnosis, and follow up of patients with breast cancer (BC), the most common type of tumor in women…
April 10, 2023 / J Pharm Anal
Dissecting the Brain with Spatially Resolved Multi-Omics
Recent studies have highlighted spatially resolved multi-omics technologies, including spatial genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, as powerful tools to decipher the spatial heterogeneity of the brain. Here, we focus on…
April 8, 2023 / MEGA J Case Rep
Integration of Spatial Transcriptome and Single-Cell Sequencing to Identify Specific Gene Expression in Spatially Organized Regions and Crosstalk between Tumor Microenvironments in Patients with Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Combined with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common type of liver disease and is showing a high prevalence worldwide. The liver fibrosis caused by NAFLD increase the risk of…
April 7, 2023 / Immuno-Oncology and Technology
Deciphering the Tumour Immune Microenvironment Cell by Cell
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), have rejuvenated therapeutic approaches in oncology. Although responses tend to be durable, response rates vary in many cancer types. Thus, the identification and validation of predictive…
April 7, 2023 / Adv Sci (Weinh)
Spatial Transcriptomics: Technical Aspects of Recent Developments and Their Applications in Neuroscience and Cancer Research
Spatial transcriptomics is a newly emerging field that enables high-throughput investigation of the spatial localization of transcripts and related analyses in various applications for biological systems. By transitioning from conventional…
April 7, 2023 / Eur Heart J
Translational opportunities of single-cell biology in atherosclerosis
The advent of single-cell biology opens a new chapter for understanding human biological processes and for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease. This revolution now reaches the field of cardiovascular disease…
March 22, 2023 / JID innovations
The Use of Single Cell RNA-seq and Spatial Transcriptomics in Understanding the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Skin Diseases
The development of multi-omic profiling tools has rapidly expanded in recent years, along with their use in profiling skin tissues in various contexts, including dermatologic diseases. Among these tools, single-cell…
March 16, 2023 / Int J Parasitol
New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions
How parasites develop and survive, and how they stimulate or modulate host immune responses are important in understanding disease pathology and for the design of new control strategies. Microarray analysis…
March 3, 2023 / Genome Biol
SRTsim: spatial pattern preserving simulations for spatially resolved transcriptomics
Spatially resolved transcriptomics (SRT)-specific computational methods are often developed, tested, validated, and evaluated in silico using simulated data. Unfortunately, existing simulated SRT data are often poorly documented, hard to reproduce,…
March 2, 2023 / Nat Rev Genet
Methods and applications for single-cell and spatial multi-omics
The joint analysis of the genome, epigenome, transcriptome, proteome and/or metabolome from single cells is transforming our understanding of cell biology in health and disease. In less than a decade,…
February 23, 2023 / Transplantation
Contribution of Proteomics in Transplantation: Identification of Injury and Rejection Markers
Solid organ transplantation saves thousands of lives suffering from end-stage diseases. Although early transplants experienced acute organ injury, medical breakthroughs, such as tissue typing, and use of immunosuppressive agents have…