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Spatially resolved transcriptome profiles of mammalian kidneys illustrate the molecular complexity of functional nephron segments, cell-to-cell interactions and genetic variants.

Raghubar, A. M.; Pham, D. T.; Tan, X.; Grice, L. F.; Crawford, J.; Lam, P. Y.; Andersen, S. B.; Yoon, S.; Ng, M. S. Y.; Teoh, S. M.; Holland, S. E.; Stewart, A.; Francis, L.; Combes, A. N.; Kassianos, A. J.; Healy, H.; Nguyen, Q.; Mallett, A. J.

2020-09-30 molecular biology
10.1101/2020.09.29.317917 bioRxiv
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Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian kidney function requires transcriptome profiling of the interplay between cells comprising nephron segments. Traditional transcriptomics requires cell dissociation, resulting in loss of the spatial context of gene expression within native tissue. To address this problem, we performed spatial transcriptomics (ST) to retain the spatial context of the transcriptome in human and mouse kidneys. The generated ST data allowed spatially resolved differential gene expression analysis, spatial identification of functional nephron segments, cell-to-cell interaction analysis, and chronic kidney disease-associated genetic variant calling. Novel ST thus provides an opportunity to enhance kidney diagnostics and knowledge, by retaining the spatial context of gene expression within intact tissue.

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