articleNature CommunicationsMar 21, 2023GOLD OA

A comprehensive benchmarking with practical guidelines for cellular deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2 more institutions

PubMed
Indexed incrossrefdoajpubmed

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics technologies are used to profile transcriptomes while preserving spatial information, which enables high-resolution characterization of transcriptional patterns and reconstruction of tissue architecture. Due to the existence of low-resolution spots in recent spatial transcriptomics technologies, uncovering cellular heterogeneity is crucial for disentangling the spatial patterns of cell types, and many related methods have been proposed. Here, we benchmark 18 existing methods resolving a cellular deconvolution task with 50 real-world and simulated datasets by evaluating the accuracy, robustness, and usability of the methods. We compare these methods comprehensively using different…

Citation impact

237
total citations
FWCI
34.60
Percentile
100%
References
39
Citations per year

Authors

10

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Computer science
  • Deconvolution
  • Benchmarking
  • Benchmark (surveying)
  • Usability
  • Robustness (evolution)
  • Spatial analysis
  • Data mining
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Peace, Justice and strong institutions
No related works found for this paper.

Funding