Toward reproducible, scalable, and robust data analysis across multiplex tissue imaging platforms

Cell Rep Methods. 2021 Aug 23;1(4):100053. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100053. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

Abstract

The emergence of megascale single-cell multiplex tissue imaging (MTI) datasets necessitates reproducible, scalable, and robust tools for cell phenotyping and spatial analysis. We developed open-source, graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated tools for intensity normalization, phenotyping, and microenvironment characterization. We deploy the toolkit on a human breast cancer (BC) tissue microarray stained by cyclic immunofluorescence and present the first cross-validation of breast cancer cell phenotypes derived by using two different MTI platforms. Finally, we demonstrate an integrative phenotypic and spatial analysis revealing BC subtype-specific features.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Microarray Analysis
  • Phenotype
  • Tumor Microenvironment