Deep cell phenotyping and spatial analysis of multiplexed imaging with TRACERx-PHLEX.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
11
10
2023
accepted:
16
05
2024
medline:
16
6
2024
pubmed:
16
6
2024
entrez:
15
6
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The growing scale and dimensionality of multiplexed imaging require reproducible and comprehensive yet user-friendly computational pipelines. TRACERx-PHLEX performs deep learning-based cell segmentation (deep-imcyto), automated cell-type annotation (TYPEx) and interpretable spatial analysis (Spatial-PHLEX) as three independent but interoperable modules. PHLEX generates single-cell identities, cell densities within tissue compartments, marker positivity calls and spatial metrics such as cellular barrier scores, along with summary graphs and spatial visualisations. PHLEX was developed using imaging mass cytometry (IMC) in the TRACERx study, validated using published Co-detection by indexing (CODEX), IMC and orthogonal data and benchmarked against state-of-the-art approaches. We evaluated its use on different tissue types, tissue fixation conditions, image sizes and antibody panels. As PHLEX is an automated and containerised Nextflow pipeline, manual assessment, programming skills or pathology expertise are not essential. PHLEX offers an end-to-end solution in a growing field of highly multiplexed data and provides clinically relevant insights.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38879602
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48870-5
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-48870-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : CC2041
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : CC2041
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
ID : C416/A21999
Organisme : Royal Society
ID : RF\ERE\231118
Organisme : Royal Society
ID : RF\ERE\210216
Organisme : EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
ID : 838540
Organisme : EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
ID : 101079113
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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