<p>Cellular anatomy and signaling vary across niches, which can induce gradated gene expressions in subpopulations of cells. Such spatial transcriptomic gradient (STG) makes a significant source of intra-tumor heterogeneity. We present <i>Local Spatial Gradient Inference</i> (LSGI), a computational framework that systematically identifies spatial locations with prominent, interpretable STGs from spatial transcriptomic (ST) data. We demonstrate LSGI in tumor ST datasets and identify pan-cancer and tumor-type specific pathways with gradated patterns, highlighting the ones related to spatial transcriptional intratumoral heterogeneity. LSGI enables interpretable STG analysis, which can reveal novel insights in tumor biology from the increasingly reported tumor ST datasets.</p>

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LSGI: interpretable spatial gradient analysis for spatial transcriptomics data

  • Qingnan Liang,
  • Luisa Solis Soto,
  • Cara Haymaker,
  • Ken Chen

摘要

Cellular anatomy and signaling vary across niches, which can induce gradated gene expressions in subpopulations of cells. Such spatial transcriptomic gradient (STG) makes a significant source of intra-tumor heterogeneity. We present Local Spatial Gradient Inference (LSGI), a computational framework that systematically identifies spatial locations with prominent, interpretable STGs from spatial transcriptomic (ST) data. We demonstrate LSGI in tumor ST datasets and identify pan-cancer and tumor-type specific pathways with gradated patterns, highlighting the ones related to spatial transcriptional intratumoral heterogeneity. LSGI enables interpretable STG analysis, which can reveal novel insights in tumor biology from the increasingly reported tumor ST datasets.