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Identification of Disease-related Spatial Covariance Patterns using Neuroimaging Data

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COVARE for modeling latent random effect correlations to detect genes with specific spatial expression patterns.

Zhixin Shi¹, Ziyan Sun¹, Yuan Zhang¹

¹School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.

|April 6, 2026

Summary

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Spatial transcriptomics reveals gene expression patterns. The new COVARE method accurately detects spatially variable genes by considering covariate interactions, improving disease mechanism research and biomarker discovery.

Keywords:

Linear mixed-effects model Spatial expression patterns Spatial transcriptomics (ST)Spatially variable genes (SVGs)Unbiased variance estimation

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Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology

Background:

Spatial transcriptomics offers insights into gene expression heterogeneity within tissues.
Existing methods for detecting spatially variable genes often ignore covariate interactions in the cellular microenvironment.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce COVARE, a novel method for analyzing multifactorial coregulation of gene spatial expression.
To address the limitations of current methods by incorporating covariate interactions.

Main Methods:

Developed COVARE based on a linear mixed-effects model framework.
Incorporated predefined biological information and considered potential interaction relationships among covariates.
Utilized extensive simulations and analyses of public datasets.

Main Results:

COVARE enables precise analysis of gene spatial expression, accounting for covariate interactions.
Demonstrated unbiased estimation of gene expression spatial effects, reflecting cellular microenvironment characteristics.
Validated COVARE's high accuracy and robust analytical performance.

Conclusions:

COVARE enhances the application value of spatial transcriptomics for deciphering complex disease mechanisms and identifying biomarkers.
Identified genes with specific spatial expression patterns provide a robust foundation for downstream analyses.
The method offers a more biologically meaningful approach compared to methods assuming covariate independence.