Yu Jiwon, Moon Jiwoo, Kim Minseo, Han Gyeol, Jang Insu, Lim Jinyoung, Lee Seungmook, Yoon Seok-Hwan, Park Woong-Yang, Lee Byungwook, Lee Sanghyuk
Department of Life Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
Korean Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
Bioinformatics. 2025 Mar 29;41(4). doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf142.
Spatial transcriptomics holds great promise for revolutionizing biology and medicine by providing gene expression profiles with spatial information. Until recently, spatial resolution has been limited, but advances in high-throughput in situ imaging technologies now offer new opportunities by covering thousands of genes at a single-cell or even subcellular resolution, necessitating databases dedicated to comprehensive coverage and analysis with user-friendly intefaces.
We introduce the HISSTA database, which facilitates the archival and analysis of in situ transcriptome data at single-cell resolution from various human tissues. We have collected and annotated spatial transcriptome data generated by MERFISH, CosMx SMI, and Xenium techniques, encompassing 112 samples and 28 million cells across 16 tissue types from 63 studies. To decipher spatial contexts, we have implemented advanced tools for cell type annotation, spatial colocalization, spatial cellular communication, and niche analyses. Notably, all datasets and annotations are interactively accessible through Vitessce, allowing users to focus on regions of interest and examine gene expression in detail. HISSTA is a unique database designed to manage the rapidly growing dataset of in situ transcriptomes at single-cell resolution. Given its comprehensive data content and advanced analysis tools with interactive visualizations, HISSTA is poised to significantly impact cancer diagnosis, precision medicine, and digital pathology.
HISSTA is freely accessible at https://kbds.re.kr/hissta/. The source code is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14904523.
空间转录组学通过提供带有空间信息的基因表达谱,有望给生物学和医学带来变革。直到最近,空间分辨率一直受到限制,但高通量原位成像技术的进步现在提供了新的机会,能够以单细胞甚至亚细胞分辨率覆盖数千个基因,这就需要有专门的数据库,以便全面覆盖并通过用户友好的界面进行分析。
我们推出了HISSTA数据库,该数据库有助于存档和分析来自各种人体组织的单细胞分辨率原位转录组数据。我们收集并注释了通过MERFISH、CosMx SMI和Xenium技术生成的空间转录组数据,涵盖来自63项研究的16种组织类型的112个样本和2800万个细胞。为了解析空间背景,我们实施了用于细胞类型注释、空间共定位、空间细胞通讯和生态位分析的先进工具。值得注意的是,所有数据集和注释都可以通过Vitessce进行交互式访问,使用户能够专注于感兴趣的区域并详细检查基因表达。HISSTA是一个独特的数据库,旨在管理快速增长的单细胞分辨率原位转录组数据集。鉴于其全面的数据内容和具有交互式可视化的先进分析工具,HISSTA有望对癌症诊断、精准医学和数字病理学产生重大影响。
可通过https://kbds.re.kr/hissta/免费访问HISSTA。源代码可在https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14904523获得。