Leica LMD6 & LMD7 Microdissection laser

This curated list features recent scientific publications that have employed Leica’s LMD6 and LMD7 laser microdissection systems in key areas such as cancer research, neuroscience, molecular pathology, forensics, and spatial omics. It is updated regularly to reflect the latest scientific publications utilizing laser microdissection applications.

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Single Cell Applications

Clinical application of single-cell RNA sequencing in disease and therapy
Nadukkandy AS, Kalaiselvan S, Lin L, Luo Y
Clin Transl Med. 2025 Nov;15(11):e70512. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.70512.

Neuronal gene profiling of tau oligomer-bearing cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons during the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Kara B, Beck JS, Fu Z, Hickey SL, Kanaan NM, Mufson EJ, Ginsberg SD, Counts SE
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Oct 27;13(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s40478-025-02080-2.

Characterisation of Fibrinogen Deposition and its Associations with Neuronal Loss and Microglial Alterations in the Multiple Sclerosis Motor Cortex
Crane MG
Thesis, 2025

Spatial Genomics (DNA-Reserach)

Somatic Cancer Driver Mutation Analysis in Endometriosis with Tumor-Like Presentations
Chen L, Severino E, Wu D-S, Segars J and Shih I-M
PrePrints.org, 9 Oct 2025

Genome-Wide Methylation Pro les of Primary and Matched Distant Metastasis: Insights from the Dutch Early-Stage Melanoma (D-Esmel) Study
Ouwerkerk J, Kerkour T, Mooyaart A, Boers R, Boers J, Gribnau J, Wakkee M, Li Y, Hollestein L
Reserach Square, Oct 8th, 2025

A subset of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC)-like lesions and concurrent high-grade endometrial carcinoma are genomically related entities
da Silva EM, Cruz Paula AD, Dessources K, Gordhandas S, Selenica P, Abu-Rustum NR, Weigelt B, Murali R
Mod Pathol. 2025 Sep 12:100890. doi: 10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100890.

Spatial Transcriptomics (RNA Research)

Identifcation of 5HT2A, GlyR subunits, and Nav1.1 channel as targets of AAV-BDNF therapy in lumbar motoneurons after spinal cord injury
Ji B, Glowacka A, Czarkowska-Bauch J, Gajewska-Wozniak O, Skup M
Research Square, Oct 30th, 2025

Deletion of cardiac fibroblast growth factor-23 beneficially impacts myocardial energy metabolism in left ventricular hypertrophy
Latic N, Lari A, Sun N, Zupcic A, Oubounyt M, Falivene J, Buck A, Hofer M, Chang W, Kuebler WM, Baumbach J, Walch AK, Grabner A, Erben RG
NPJ Metab Health Dis. 2025 Oct 28;3(1):42. doi: 10.1038/s44324-025-00087-w.

Laser microdissection combined with RNAseq reveals glomerulus-specific transcriptome profiles to discriminate class IV from class V lupus nephritis
Zwiers PJ, Querin V, Kiers J, Mecking M, Hackl M, Molema G and Bajema I
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 40, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, gfaf116.1127

Proteomics, Lipidomics, Metabolomics

Spatial Multi-Omics Identi es Early Synaptic Pruning and Context-Speci c Dopaminergic Vulnerability in Synucleinopathies
Rumpf SL, Strübing F, Nalbach K, Vargiu CM, Lichtenthaler SF, Parchi P, Gao P, Chen W, Berg G, Brendel M, Gnörich JS, Bernhardt A, Höglinger GU, Herms J, Koegelsberger T
Research Square, 6th Nov 2025

Dual-Antigen Membranous Nephropathy
Nasr SH, Caza TN, Larsen CP, Storey A, Buglioni A, Alexander MP, Fidler ME, Bu L, Cornell LD, Fervenza FC, Sethi S
Kidney International, 4 November 2025

Glioma angiogenesis phosphoproteome landscape and biomarker sets identified with phenome-centered multiomics toward 3P medical approaches
Gong X, Guo T, Li C, Li Z, Li X, Yang L, Li N & Zhan X
EPMA Journal (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s13167-025-00428-1

Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP) related

TileDVP: Decoding the Tissue Proteome from H&E Images
Mathian É, Oldenburg L, Chelebian E, Schweizer L, Zonderland G, Egebjerg K, Ummat I, Mund A, Strauss 
In: Erdt, M., et al. Clinical Image-Based Procedures. CLIP 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16126. Springer, Cham.

Ultrasensitive proteomics uncovers nociceptor diversity and novel pain targets
Chakrabarti S, Makhmut A, Mohammadi A, Luo W, Wang L, Lewin GR, Coscia F
bioRxiv, Sept 21, 2025

Deep visual proteomics reveals an in vivo-like phenotype of orthotopically transplanted human colon organoids
Post F, Hausmann A, Kabatnik S, Steigerwald S, Brand A, Clement DL, Skov J, Lõhmussaar K, Larsen HL, Maimets M, Boyce TL, Jez G, Sato T, Steenholdt C, Rosenberger F, Mund A, Nielsen OH, Jensen KB, Mann M
Cell Systems 16, 101396, September 17, 2025

Fluorescence Applications

TMPRSS11B promotes an acidified microenvironment and immune suppression in squamous lung cancer
Sunil HS, Clemenceau JR, Grichuk A, Barnfather I, Nakkireddy SR, Izzo L, Feng Q, Hartnett W, Evers BM, Thomas L, Subramaniyan I, Li L, Putnam WC, Hepensteil S, Zhu J, Updegraff B, Minna JD, DeBerardinis RJ, Hwang TH, Gao J, Oliver TG, O'Donnell KA
EMBO Rep. 2025 Nov 10. doi: 10.1038/s44319-025-00631-1. PMID: 41214366
 

Identifying the quantity profiles of amyloid signature proteins in different types of renal amyloidosis
Wang S, Li D, Zhang X, Zhou F, Wang S
BMC Nephrol. 2025 Oct 16;26(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s12882-025-04477-6.

Dual Amyloidosis: A Clinicopathologic and Proteomic Analysis of 111 Patients
Dalland JC, Dasari S, Theis JD, Howard MT, Vrana JA, Dao LN, Chiu A, Rech KL, Larson DP, Nasr SH, Grogan M, Dispenzieri A, McPhail ED
Hum Pathol. 2025 Oct 14:105954. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2025.105954.

Cancer Research

TMPRSS11B promotes an acidified microenvironment and immune suppression in squamous lung cancer
Sunil HS, Clemenceau JR, Grichuk A, Barnfather I, Nakkireddy SR, Izzo L, Feng Q, Hartnett W, Evers BM, Thomas L, Subramaniyan I, Li L, Putnam WC, Hepensteil S, Zhu J, Updegraff B, Minna JD, DeBerardinis RJ, Hwang TH, Gao J, Oliver TG, O'Donnell KA
EMBO Rep. 2025 Nov 10. doi: 10.1038/s44319-025-00631-1. PMID: 41214366

Glioma angiogenesis phosphoproteome landscape and biomarker sets identified with phenome-centered multiomics toward 3P medical approaches
Gong X, Guo T, Li C, Li Z, Li X, Yang L, Li N & Zhan X
EPMA Journal (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s13167-025-00428-1

Somatic Cancer Driver Mutation Analysis in Endometriosis with Tumor-Like Presentations
Chen L, Severino E, Wu D-S, Segars J and Shih I-M
PrePrints.org, 9 Oct 2025

Neurosciences

Spatial Multi-Omics Identi es Early Synaptic Pruning and Context-Speci c Dopaminergic Vulnerability in Synucleinopathies
Rumpf SL, Strübing F, Nalbach K, Vargiu CM, Lichtenthaler SF, Parchi P, Gao P, Chen W, Berg G, Brendel M, Gnörich JS, Bernhardt A, Höglinger GU, Herms J, Koegelsberger T
Research Square, 6th Nov 2025

Identifcation of 5HT2A, GlyR subunits, and Nav1.1 channel as targets of AAV-BDNF therapy in lumbar motoneurons after spinal cord injury
Ji B, Glowacka A, Czarkowska-Bauch J, Gajewska-Wozniak O, Skup M
Research Square, Oct 30th, 2025

Neuronal gene profiling of tau oligomer-bearing cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons during the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Kara B, Beck JS, Fu Z, Hickey SL, Kanaan NM, Mufson EJ, Ginsberg SD, Counts SE
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Oct 27;13(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s40478-025-02080-2.

Clinical/Pathology/Immunology Research Applications

Spatial proteomics unveils region-specific alterations in right ventricular remodeling rats under pressure overload
Zhang J, Guo XX, Sun W, Guo ZG, Wnag YF, Qin XH, Qin YH
European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue Supplement_1, November 2025, ehaf784.2844

Dual-Antigen Membranous Nephropathy
Nasr SH, Caza TN, Larsen CP, Storey A, Buglioni A, Alexander MP, Fidler ME, Bu L, Cornell LD, Fervenza FC, Sethi S
Kidney International, 4 November 2025

Clinical application of single-cell RNA sequencing in disease and therapy
Nadukkandy AS, Kalaiselvan S, Lin L, Luo Y
Clin Transl Med. 2025 Nov;15(11):e70512. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.70512.
 

Developmental Research, Epigenetics & Aging

Single-cell and spatial omics reveal progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants
Shuai P, Hsieh JA, Kao CT, Hu CW, Wang R, Kuo SC, Yen MR, Liou PC, Ho YC, Chu CC, Huang S, Liu J, Zhang L, Wu CC, Luo YJ, Li Q, Hsu CC, Huang CL, Su JC, Tseng MC, Chen YL, Mai TL, Lin
Plant Cell. 2025 Oct 19:koaf253. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koaf253.

Maternal food-derived signals oscillate in the fetal suprachiasmatic nucleus before its circadian clock develops
Sládek M, Houdek P, Čajka T, Sumová A
PLoS Biol. 2025 Sep 26;23(9):e3003404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003404.

Single-cell and spatial multiomics identifies heterogeneous xylem development driven by mechanical stress in Populus
Hsieh JA, Liou PC, Lin CC, Dai X, Hu CW, Wang IF, Dang JF, Ho YC, Cheng KW, Xu W, Kuo SC, Kao CT, Yang DX, Wang R, Xiao K, Lin JS, Hsu CC, Hsu CC, Mai TL, Cheng Y, Tseng MC, Li W, Chen YL, Lin YJ
Dev Cell. 2025 Jul 21:S1534-5807(25)00436-8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.038.

Plant Research

Single-cell and spatial omics reveal progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants
Shuai P, Hsieh JA, Kao CT, Hu CW, Wang R, Kuo SC, Yen MR, Liou PC, Ho YC, Chu CC, Huang S, Liu J, Zhang L, Wu CC, Luo YJ, Li Q, Hsu CC, Huang CL, Su JC, Tseng MC, Chen YL, Mai TL, Lin YJ
Plant Cell. 2025 Oct 19:koaf253. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koaf253.

A cell isolation method from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. suitable for obtaining high-quality RNA for Smart-seq
Li R, Wu M, Chen S, Huang L, Wang C, Yu Z, Huang F, Liu X, Zhu N, Song C, Jiang G, Yin X
Plant Methods. 2025 Aug 10;21(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s13007-025-01425-1.

Plant defense-directed discovery of a natural anti-psoriasis agent targeting GAPDH
Zhou TT, Zheng Y, Zhang MW, Gong LH, Guo K, He XP, Liu YC, Gershenzon J, Liu Y, Li SH
Sci Adv. 2025 Jul 25;11(30):eadw2578. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adw2578.

Forensics

Invisible WItness: Innovations in the Collection of Touch DNA and the Risk of Forensic Corss Contamination
Irfan M, Haider SA, Yasir M, Akram MA, Adeel M
FORENSIC INSIGHTS AND HEALTH SCIENCES BULLETIN, Volume 3: Issue 2: 2025

Advancements in differentiation between sperm cells and epithelial cells for efficient forensic DNA analysis in sexual assault cases
Dash HR
Int J Legal Med. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1007/s00414-024-03285-1.

Development of a Simple Cell Harvesting Method to Maximise DNA Recovery from Historic Microscope Slides for Sexual Assault Investigations
Hymus CM, Egan SE and Tay JW
Forensic Sci. 2022, 2(4), 795-807

Miscellaneous

Muscle Structure and Function Recovery: Adalimumab-Calcium Channel Synergy in Post-Ischemic Stroke Sarcopenia
Qi H, Zhang XW, Zhang ZY, Ou SS, Gao YL, Tian D, Jiang YN, Min XR, Zhao AT, Zou JM, Zeng JS, Pu QY, Yang RC, Zeng N
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025 Dec;16(6):e70097. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.70097.

Filter-aided expansion proteomics for the spatial analysis of single cells and organelles in FFPE tissue samples
Dong Z, Wu C, Chen J, Jiang W, Piatkevich KD, Zhu Y, Guo T
Nat Protoc. 2025 Oct 9. doi: 10.1038/s41596-025-01256-3.

TileDVP: Decoding the Tissue Proteome from H&E Images
Mathian É, Oldenburg L, Chelebian E, Schweizer L, Zonderland G, Egebjerg K, Ummat I, Mund A, Strauss MT
In: Erdt, M., et al. Clinical Image-Based Procedures. CLIP 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16126. Springer, Cham.

Live Cell Culture

Muscle Structure and Function Recovery: Adalimumab-Calcium Channel Synergy in Post-Ischemic Stroke Sarcopenia
Qi H, Zhang XW, Zhang ZY, Ou SS, Gao YL, Tian D, Jiang YN, Min XR, Zhao AT, Zou JM, Zeng JS, Pu QY, Yang RC, Zeng N
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025 Dec;16(6):e70097. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.70097.

Ultrasensitive proteomics uncovers nociceptor diversity and novel pain targets
Chakrabarti S, Makhmut A, Mohammadi A, Luo W, Wang L, Lewin GR, Coscia F
bioRxiv, Sept 21, 2025

A 3‑Dimensional Scaffolding System Recapitulates the Hierarchical Osteon Structure
Li X, Sun Y, Wang S, Si C, Li H, and Chang B
ACS Omega 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX

Laser microdissection (LMD) is an advanced, highly precise sample preparation technique that enables researchers to isolate pure, defined regions of interest, including single cells, from complex tissue samples. The method ensures reproducibility and accuracy for downstream analyses such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) including RNA-seq, and mass spectrometry for spatial genomics, spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics & spatial multiomics.

LMD allows non-contact dissection, isolation and gravity-assisted collection of targeted single cells, tissue compartments, cell clusters and even subcellular structures under visual control. These systems uniquely bridge microscopy and molecular biology to unlock true spatial omics insights. Combined with software-guided segmentation, Leica LMD systems enable high throughput workflows for biomarker discovery and identification of therapeutical interaction points. The study by Mund & Coscia et al., describing the Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP) workflow powered by the Leica LMD7 system, was featured on the cover of Nature Biotechnology in August 2022.  Follow-up research by Nordmann et al., published in Nature in 2024, demonstrated how DVP contributed to a life-saving therapy for toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a deadly skin disease. These breakthroughs also contributed to the selection of “spatial proteomics” as Nature’s Method of the Year 2024.