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HiSTaR: identifying spatial domains with hierarchical spatial transcriptomics variational autoencoder.

Junhua Yu¹, Jiaqi Yuan¹, Qianbei Yi¹

¹Institute of Computational Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 511370, China.

Journal of Translational Medicine

|December 24, 2025

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HiSTaR, a novel deep learning tool, enhances spatial transcriptomics analysis by identifying tissue domains and correcting batch effects. This method improves understanding of tissue microenvironments and gene expression patterns.

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Spatial Profiling of Protein and RNA Expression in Tissue: An Approach to Fine-Tune Virtual Microdissection

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Area of Science:

Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics

Background:

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) enables transcriptome-wide data acquisition with spatial context.
Understanding tissue microenvironments and spatial domains is crucial in biological research.
Deep learning methods are effective for analyzing complex ST data.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce HiSTaR, a hierarchical variational autoencoder for ST data.
To leverage multi-level latent features for enhanced spatial transcriptomics analysis.
To improve spatial domain identification and batch effect correction in ST data.

Main Methods:

Developed Hierarchical Spatial Transcriptomics variational autoencoder (HiSTaR).
Employed multiple HiSTaR blocks to capture multi-level latent features from spatial spots.
Utilized latent features for downstream analyses like spatial domain identification and batch correction.

Main Results:

HiSTaR demonstrated superior performance in spatial domain identification across diverse ST datasets.
The method successfully integrated multiple tissue slices, correcting batch effects without external tools.
HiSTaR supports trajectory and differential gene expression analyses, validating its effectiveness.

Conclusions:

HiSTaR provides an effective computational framework for spatial transcriptomics research.
The hierarchical feature capture improves spatial domain identification and understanding of tissue heterogeneity.
HiSTaR has the potential to advance the study of spatially resolved gene expression patterns.