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ReviewCommunications biology2022

Deciphering tissue structure and function using spatial transcriptomics.

Benjamin L Walker, Zixuan Cang, Honglei Ren, Eric Bourgain-Chang, Qing Nie

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Review in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Spatially structured inflammatory response in the presence of a uniform stimulus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  13. Advances in Spatial Transcriptomics in Bone.Current osteoporosis reports · 2026
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16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin L WalkerThe NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-4356
Zixuan CangThe NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-5586
Honglei RenThe NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Eric Bourgain-ChangDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Qing NieThe NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. qnie@math.uci.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8804-3368
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

UCI P30 Skin Center Systems Biology CoreP30AR075047 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ANDERSEN, BOGI, GANESAN, ANAND K · 2019 to 2025
$5.1M
Multiscale Models of Wound Cell Plasticity for RegenerationU01AR073159 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI DAI, XING, NIE, QING · 2018 to 2022
$3.5M
Mentor Training to enhance mentorship in an interdisciplinary training programT32GM136624 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Arthur D Lander, Qing Nie · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
Dissecting single cell dynamics that coordinate neural crest migration and diversificationR01DE030565 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI NIE, QING, SCHILLING, THOMAS F · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR075047NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR073159NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030565NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136624
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid development of spatial transcriptomics (ST) techniques has allowed the measurement of transcriptional levels across many genes together with the spatial positions of cells. This has led to an explosion of interest in computational methods and techniques for harnessing both spatial and transcriptional information in analysis of ST datasets. The wide diversity of approaches in aim, methodology and technology for ST provides great challenges in dissecting cellular functions in spatial contexts. Here, we synthesize and review the key problems in analysis of ST data and methods that are currently applied, while also expanding on open questions and areas of future development.

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Transcriptome

Identifiers

PMID35273328
PMCPMC8913632
OpenAlexW4220709779

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