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Niche-DE: niche-differential gene expression analysis in spatial transcriptomics data identifies context-dependent cell-cell interactions. Genome biology Mason, K., Sathe, A., Hess, P. R., Rong, J., Wu, C. Y., Furth, E., Susztak, K., Levinsohn, J., Ji, H. P., Zhang, N. 2024; 25 (1): 14

Abstract

Existing methods for analysis of spatial transcriptomic data focus on delineating the global gene expression variations of cell types across the tissue, rather than local gene expression changes driven by cell-cell interactions. We propose a new statistical procedure called niche-differential expression (niche-DE) analysis that identifies cell-type-specific niche-associated genes, which are differentially expressed within a specific cell type in the context of specific spatial niches. We further develop niche-LR, a method to reveal ligand-receptor signaling mechanisms that underlie niche-differential gene expression patterns. Niche-DE and niche-LR are applicable to low-resolution spot-based spatial transcriptomics data and data that is single-cell or subcellular in resolution.

View details for DOI 10.1186/s13059-023-03159-6

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