Delineating the cellular composition of tumour boundaries in spatial transcriptomics (ST) data is challenging. Here, the authors develop Cottrazm to integrate ST with histological imaging and single-cell data, identify the malignant and non-malignant tissue boundaries, deconvolute cell-type composition, and reconstruct cell type-specific gene expression profiles.
- Zhenzhen Xun
- Xinyu Ding
- Youqiong Ye