Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Aug. 16, 2022
How
the
glioma
immune
microenvironment
fosters
tumorigenesis
remains
incompletely
defined.
Here,
we
use
single-cell
RNA-sequencing
and
multiplexed
tissue-imaging
to
characterize
composition,
spatial
organization,
clinical
significance
of
extracellular
purinergic
signaling
in
glioma.
We
show
that
microglia
are
predominant
source
CD39,
while
tumor
cells
principally
express
CD73.
In
glioblastoma,
CD73
is
associated
with
EGFR
amplification,
astrocyte-like
differentiation,
increased
adenosine,
linked
hypoxia.
Glioblastomas
enriched
for
exhibit
inflammatory
microenvironments,
suggesting
regulates
adaptation.
Spatially-resolved
analyses
demonstrate
a
strong
correlation
between
tumor-CD73
microglial-CD39,
proximity
poor
outcomes.
Similar
organization
present
pediatric
high-grade
gliomas
including
H3K27M-mutant
diffuse
midline
These
data
reveal
shaped
by
genotype,
lineage,
functional
state,
core
enzymes
expressed
myeloid
organized
promote
adenosine-rich
microenvironments
potentially
amenable
therapeutic
targeting.
Genome Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: June 27, 2022
Abstract
Single-cell
transcriptomics
(scRNA-seq)
has
become
essential
for
biomedical
research
over
the
past
decade,
particularly
in
developmental
biology,
cancer,
immunology,
and
neuroscience.
Most
commercially
available
scRNA-seq
protocols
require
cells
to
be
recovered
intact
viable
from
tissue.
This
precluded
many
cell
types
study
largely
destroys
spatial
context
that
could
otherwise
inform
analyses
of
identity
function.
An
increasing
number
platforms
now
facilitate
spatially
resolved,
high-dimensional
assessment
gene
transcription,
known
as
‘spatial
transcriptomics’.
Here,
we
introduce
different
classes
method,
which
either
record
locations
hybridized
mRNA
molecules
tissue,
image
positions
themselves
prior
assessment,
or
employ
arrays
probes
pre-determined
location.
We
review
sizes
tissue
area
can
assessed,
their
resolution,
genes
profiled.
discuss
if
preservation
influences
choice
platform,
provide
guidance
on
whether
specific
may
better
suited
discovery
screens
hypothesis
testing.
Finally,
bioinformatic
methods
analysing
transcriptomic
data,
including
pre-processing,
integration
with
existing
inference
cell-cell
interactions.
Spatial
-omics
are
already
improving
our
understanding
human
tissues
research,
diagnostic,
therapeutic
settings.
To
build
upon
these
recent
advancements,
entry-level
those
seeking
own
research.
Cancer Discovery,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(6), P. 1518 - 1541
Published: April 4, 2022
Cutaneous
melanoma
is
a
highly
immunogenic
malignancy
that
surgically
curable
at
early
stages
but
life-threatening
when
metastatic.
Here
we
integrate
high-plex
imaging,
3D
high-resolution
microscopy,
and
spatially
resolved
microregion
transcriptomics
to
study
immune
evasion
immunoediting
in
primary
melanoma.
We
find
recurrent
cellular
neighborhoods
involving
tumor,
immune,
stromal
cells
change
significantly
along
progression
axis
precursor
states,
situ,
invasive
tumor.
Hallmarks
of
immunosuppression
are
already
detectable
regions.
When
tumors
become
locally
invasive,
consolidated
restricted
suppressive
environment
forms
the
tumor-stromal
boundary.
This
established
by
cytokine
gradients
promote
expression
MHC-II
IDO1,
PD1-PDL1-mediated
cell
contacts
macrophages,
dendritic
cells,
T
cells.
A
few
millimeters
away,
cytotoxic
synapse
with
fields
tumor
regression.
Thus,
invasion
can
coexist
within
each
other
single
specimen.
The
reorganization
ecosystem
an
excellent
setting
which
evasion.
Guided
classic
histopathology,
spatial
profiling
proteins
mRNA
reveals
morphologic
molecular
features
evolution
involve
localized
paracrine
signaling
direct
cell-cell
contact.
article
highlighted
In
Issue
feature,
p.
1397.
Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
38(19), P. 4613 - 4621
Published: Aug. 16, 2022
Abstract
Motivation
Stitching
microscope
images
into
a
mosaic
is
an
essential
step
in
the
analysis
and
visualization
of
large
biological
specimens,
particularly
human
animal
tissues.
Recent
approaches
to
highly
multiplexed
imaging
generate
high-plex
data
from
sequential
rounds
lower-plex
imaging.
These
methods
promise
yield
precise
molecular
single-cell
information
on
cellular
neighborhoods
tissue
architecture.
However,
attaining
with
accuracy
requires
robust
image
stitching
registration
capabilities
that
are
not
met
by
existing
methods.
Results
We
describe
development
testing
ASHLAR,
Python
tool
for
coordinated
103
or
more
individual
accurate
whole-slide
mosaics.
ASHLAR
reads
formats
most
commercial
microscopes
slide
scanners,
we
show
it
performs
better
than
open-source
software.
outputs
standard
OME-TIFF
ready
other
tools
recently
developed
pipelines.
Availability
implementation
written
available
under
MIT
license
at
https://github.com/labsyspharm/ashlar.
The
newly
published
underlying
this
article
Sage
Synapse
https://dx.doi.org/10.7303/syn25826362;
availability
previously
re-analyzed
described
Supplementary
Table
S4.
An
informational
website
user
guides
test
https://labsyspharm.github.io/ashlar/.
Bioinformatics
online.
Journal of Biomedical Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
29(1)
Published: Nov. 14, 2022
Abstract
In
the
past
decade,
single-cell
technologies
have
revealed
heterogeneity
of
tumor-immune
microenvironment
at
genomic,
transcriptomic,
and
proteomic
levels
furthered
our
understanding
mechanisms
tumor
development.
Single-cell
also
been
used
to
identify
potential
biomarkers.
However,
spatial
information
about
such
as
cell
locations
cell–cell
interactomes
is
lost
in
these
approaches.
Recently,
multi-omics
study
transcriptomes,
proteomes,
metabolomes
microenvironments
several
types
cancer,
data
obtained
from
methods
has
combined
with
immunohistochemistry
multiparameter
analysis
yield
markers
cancer
progression.
Here,
we
review
numerous
cutting-edge
‘omics
techniques,
their
application
microenvironment,
remaining
technical
challenges.
Nature Cancer,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
4(7), P. 1036 - 1052
Published: June 22, 2023
Precision
medicine
is
critically
dependent
on
better
methods
for
diagnosing
and
staging
disease
predicting
drug
response.
Histopathology
using
hematoxylin
eosin
(H&E)-stained
tissue
(not
genomics)
remains
the
primary
diagnostic
method
in
cancer.
Recently
developed
highly
multiplexed
imaging
promise
to
enhance
research
studies
clinical
practice
with
precise,
spatially
resolved
single-cell
data.
Here,
we
describe
'Orion'
platform
collecting
H&E
high-plex
immunofluorescence
images
from
same
cells
a
whole-slide
format
suitable
diagnosis.
Using
retrospective
cohort
of
74
colorectal
cancer
resections,
show
that
provide
human
experts
machine
learning
algorithms
complementary
information
can
be
used
generate
interpretable,
image-based
models
predictive
progression-free
survival.
Combining
immune
infiltration
tumor-intrinsic
features
achieves
10-
20-fold
discrimination
between
rapid
slow
(or
no)
progression,
demonstrating
ability
multimodal
high-performance
biomarkers.