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Super-resolved spatial transcriptomics by deep data fusion.

Ludvig BergenstråhleBryan HeJoseph BergenstråhleXesús M AbaloReza MirzazadehKim ThraneAndrew L JiAlma AnderssonLudvig LarssonNathalie StakenborgGuy BoeckxstaensPaul A KhavariJames Y ZouJoakim LundebergJonas Maaskola
Published in: Nature biotechnology (2021)
Current methods for spatial transcriptomics are limited by low spatial resolution. Here we introduce a method that integrates spatial gene expression data with histological image data from the same tissue section to infer higher-resolution expression maps. Using a deep generative model, our method characterizes the transcriptome of micrometer-scale anatomical features and can predict spatial gene expression from histology images alone.
Keyphrases
  • gene expression
  • single cell
  • electronic health record
  • dna methylation
  • deep learning
  • big data
  • poor prognosis
  • genome wide
  • rna seq
  • single molecule
  • optical coherence tomography
  • artificial intelligence
  • data analysis