@article {69803,
	title = {TEMI: Tissue Expansion Mass Spectrometry Imaging},
	journal = {bioRxiv},
	year = {2025},
	month = {02/2025},
	abstract = {<p>The spatial distribution of diverse biomolecules in multicellular organisms is essential for their physiological functions. High-throughput <em>in situ</em> mapping of biomolecules is crucial for both basic and medical research, and requires high scanning speed, spatial resolution, and chemical sensitivity. Here, we developed a Tissue Expansion method compatible with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Mass spectrometry Imaging (TEMI). TEMI reaches single-cell spatial resolution without sacrificing voxel throughput and enables the profiling of hundreds of biomolecules, including lipids, metabolites, peptides (proteins), and N-glycans. Using TEMI, we mapped the spatial distribution of biomolecules across various mammalian tissues and uncovered metabolic heterogeneity in tumors. TEMI can be easily adapted and broadly applied in biological and medical research, to advance spatial multi-omics profiling.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1101/2025.02.22.639343},
	url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/02/27/2025.02.22.639343},
	author = {Zhang, Hua and Ding, Lang and Hu, Amy and Shi, Xudong and Huang, Penghsuan and Lu, Haiyan and Tillberg, Paul W. and Wang, Meng C. and Li, Lingjun}
}
