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ArticleNature communications2024

Mapping cell-to-tissue graphs across human placenta histology whole slide images using deep learning with HAPPY.

Claudia Vanea, Jelisaveta Džigurski, Valentina Rukins, Omri Dodi, Siim Siigur, Liis Salumäe, Karen Meir, W Tony Parks, Drorith Hochner-Celnikier, Abigail Fraser and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.

Claudia VaneaNuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. claudia.vanea@wrh.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8189-842X
Jelisaveta DžigurskiInstitute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2885-6241
Valentina RukinsInstitute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-0888-1169
Omri DodiFaculty of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Siim SiigurDepartment of Pathology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
Liis SalumäeDepartment of Pathology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
Karen MeirDepartment of Pathology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
W Tony ParksDepartment of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7341-3277
Drorith Hochner-CelnikierFaculty of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abigail FraserPopulation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Hagit HochnerBraun School of Public Health, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-2276
Triin LaiskInstitute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-9030
Linda M ErnstDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, USA.
Cecilia M LindgrenBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christoffer NellåkerNuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. christoffer.nellaker@bdi.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-2068
Hadassah Medical Center · ILUniversity of Tartu · EETartu University Hospital · EEUniversity of Oxford · GBBroad Institute · USHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILNorthShore University HealthSystem · USUniversity of Bristol · GBUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

The Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Center for Reproductive MedicineP50HD104224 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TALKOWSKI, MICHAEL E · 2021 to 2025
$7.8M
Gates Foundation INV-024200NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD104224
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate placenta pathology assessment is essential for managing maternal and newborn health, but the placenta's heterogeneity and temporal variability pose challenges for histology analysis. To address this issue, we developed the 'Histology Analysis Pipeline.PY' (HAPPY), a deep learning hierarchical method for quantifying the variability of cells and micro-anatomical tissue structures across placenta histology whole slide images. HAPPY differs from patch-based features or segmentation approaches by following an interpretable biological hierarchy, representing cells and cellular communities within tissues at a single-cell resolution across whole slide images. We present a set of quantitative metrics from healthy term placentas as a baseline for future assessments of placenta health and we show how these metrics deviate in placentas with clinically significant placental infarction. HAPPY's cell and tissue predictions closely replicate those from independent clinical experts and placental biology literature.

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Deep LearningPlacentaFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID38548713
PMCPMC10978962
OpenAlexW4393270996

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