Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 16, 2025
Deciphering
the
features,
structure,
and
functions
of
cell
niche
in
tissues
remains
a
major
challenge.
Here,
we
present
scNiche,
computational
framework
to
identify
characterize
niches
from
spatial
omics
data
at
single-cell
resolution.
We
benchmark
scNiche
with
both
simulated
biological
datasets,
demonstrate
that
can
effectively
robustly
while
outperforming
other
existing
methods.
In
proteomics
human
triple-negative
breast
cancer,
reveals
influence
microenvironment
on
cellular
phenotypes,
further
dissects
patient-specific
distinct
compositions
or
phenotypic
characteristics.
By
analyzing
mouse
liver
transcriptomics
across
normal
early-onset
failure
donors,
uncovers
disease-specific
injury
niches,
delineates
remodeling
failure.
Overall,
enables
decoding
data.
authors
develop
characterise
Abstract
Here
we
present
STModule,
a
Bayesian
method
developed
to
identify
tissue
modules
from
spatially
resolved
transcriptomics
that
reveal
spatial
components
and
essential
characteristics
of
tissues.
STModule
uncovers
diverse
expression
signals
in
transcriptomic
landscapes
such
as
cancer,
intraepithelial
neoplasia,
immune
infiltration,
outcome-related
molecular
features
various
cell
types,
which
facilitate
downstream
analysis
provide
insights
into
tumor
microenvironments,
disease
mechanisms,
treatment
development,
histological
organization
captures
broader
spectrum
biological
compared
other
methods
detects
novel
components.
The
characterized
by
gene
sets
demonstrate
greater
robustness
transferability
across
different
biopsies.
STModule:
https://github.com/rwang-z/STModule.git
.