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Spatialproteomics: an interoperable toolbox for analyzing highly multiplexed fluorescence image data

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Title:Spatialproteomics: an interoperable toolbox for analyzing highly multiplexed fluorescence image data
Creators: Meyer-Bender, Matthias ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0448-4546, Vöhringer, Harald ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-4518, Schniederjohann, Christina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2693-8086, Koziel, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8002-5127, Chung, Erin, Popova, Ekaterina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2559-3685, Brobeil, Alexander, Griese, Nicklas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9461-4364, Kolks, Nora, Held, Lisa-Maria, Munir, Aamir, Dietrich, Sascha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-1832, Bruch, Peter-Martin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-3109 and Huber, Wolfgang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0474-2218
Abstract:Highly multiplexed immunofluorescence imaging visualizes and quantifies protein levels at single-cell resolution in intact tissues at low cost and high scalability. Analysis of these data involves multiple steps with many method and parameter choices that must be adapted to the data and analytical objectives. There is an unmet need for a toolbox that offers flexible end-to-end coverage of the workflow. Here we present ‘spatialproteomics’, a Python package that addresses these challenges. Spatialproteomics enables the processing and analysis of large imaging data, including steps such as segmentation, image processing and cell-type classification, while synchronizing shared coordinates across data modalities. We demonstrate spatialproteomics on images of reactive lymph nodes and B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas from 132 patients. We showcase an end-to-end analysis from raw images to statistical characterization of how cell type composition and spatial distribution vary across indolent and aggressive lymphomas. Furthermore, we show how spatialproteomics can process Gigapixel whole-slide images.
Keywords:B-Cell Lymphoma, Computer-Assisted Image Processing, Lymph Nodes, Proteomics, Software
Source:Nature Methods
ISSN:1548-7091
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:23
Number:8
Page Range:1564-1573
Date:August 2026
Additional Information:Jose Nimo is a member of the Scverse Community.
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-026-03155-1
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