Three-dimensional spatial transcriptomics uncovers cell type localizations in the human rheumatoid arthritis synovium.
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Vickovic S, Schapiro D, Carlberg K, Lötstedt B, Larsson L, Hildebrandt F, Korotkova M, Hensvold AH, Catrina AI, Sorger PK, Malmström V, Regev A, Ståhl PL
Commun Biol 5 (1) 129 [2022-02-11; online 2022-02-11]
The inflamed rheumatic joint is a highly heterogeneous and complex tissue with dynamic recruitment and expansion of multiple cell types that interact in multifaceted ways within a localized area. Rheumatoid arthritis synovium has primarily been studied either by immunostaining or by molecular profiling after tissue homogenization. Here, we use Spatial Transcriptomics, where tissue-resident RNA is spatially labeled in situ with barcodes in a transcriptome-wide fashion, to study local tissue interactions at the site of chronic synovial inflammation. We report comprehensive spatial RNA-Seq data coupled to cell type-specific localization patterns at and around organized structures of infiltrating leukocyte cells in the synovium. Combining morphological features and high-throughput spatially resolved transcriptomics may be able to provide higher statistical power and more insights into monitoring disease severity and treatment-specific responses in seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis.
PubMed 35149753
DOI 10.1038/s42003-022-03050-3
Crossref 10.1038/s42003-022-03050-3
pmc: PMC8837632
pii: 10.1038/s42003-022-03050-3