| name | paper-figure-walkthrough |
| description | Use when the user wants to read, understand, summarize, or explain a biomedical/scientific paper in a blog-style, figure-by-figure workflow. Trigger for requests such as "按博主风格梳理", "图解论文", "逐图解读", "帮我理解这篇文章的分析逻辑", "整理供我阅读理解", especially when a PDF, paper, article, figures, single-cell/spatial transcriptomics, omics analysis, or biomedical research result is involved. |
Paper Figure Walkthrough
Goal
Produce a concise Chinese-first reading guide that follows the paper's figure order. Convert the paper into a blog-style "figure caption expansion": what each figure/panel analyzes, what result it shows, and what conclusion it supports.
Prefer the user's requested style: professional, clear, easy to understand, high information density, not verbose. Keep key English technical terms and gene/cell/pathway names.
Workflow
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Read the paper source.
- If the input is a PDF, extract title, abstract, methods, results, discussion, figure captions, and supplementary notes if available.
- If the input is pasted text, identify sections and figure references from the text.
- If figures are needed and available, inspect them only when text/captions are insufficient.
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Build the main thread before writing.
- Identify the research background and unresolved problem.
- Identify data sources, sample groups, and analysis purposes.
- Identify the central cell type/gene/pathway/model.
- Identify the paper's evidence chain: overview -> key subtype/feature -> function -> clinical relevance -> spatial validation -> mechanism -> broader validation.
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Write in this fixed structure unless the user asks otherwise:
背景解读
- integrate
研究概述 into the second paragraph of 背景解读
数据来源及获取
研究结果
- figure-by-figure sections
- optional
核心机制总结 only when the paper's mechanism is complex or the user asks for a final synthesis
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For each figure, use this internal pattern:
- Figure title:
图X:...
- Panel group heading: a content-specific heading with panel range, e.g.
研究设计与细胞图谱构建(Fig. 1A-B)
- Short explanation:
- what was analyzed / shown
- key numbers, groups, genes, pathways, or cohorts
- what the result means in the author's logic
- Avoid a separate
小结 after every figure unless it adds real value. Prefer compact paragraph blocks under panel headings.
- Mention relevant supplementary figures inline when they support the same claim, e.g.
Supplementary Figure 6.
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End with a compact mechanism model only when useful.
- Use a simple arrow chain when useful:
A / disease background
↓
key cell/gene/pathway change
↓
functional phenotype
↓
cell communication / spatial niche / validation
↓
pathological meaning or therapeutic implication
Output Style
- Write primarily in Chinese.
- Keep key terms in English where they are useful:
scRNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, Fibroblast, CellChat, RCTD, FN1-ITGB1.
- When a professional English term, abbreviation, method, cell type, dataset label, score, pathway, or spatial region first appears, add a concise Chinese annotation in parentheses. Examples:
snRNA-seq(single-nucleus RNA sequencing,单核 RNA 测序), GRN(gene regulatory network,基因调控网络), DAM(disease-associated microglia,疾病相关小胶质细胞), LR(lesion rim,病灶边缘). After the first annotation, reuse the short English term.
- Do not annotate standard gene symbols or protein names unless the paper itself expands them or the Chinese meaning is necessary for understanding.
- Use short paragraphs, compact tables, and dense information.
- Use "结果显示...", "提示...", "进一步说明..." to connect analysis and interpretation.
- Avoid long methodological lectures. Explain methods by their role in the analysis, not by algorithm details.
- Prefer direct, affirmative result narration over heavy critique. This style is for reading comprehension and note-taking, not peer review.
- Keep figure sections close to the original figure order and panel grouping. Do not reorganize figures into a new narrative unless necessary.
- Preserve concrete details from the author's version when available: cohort names, sample counts, group labels, pathway names, clinical endpoints, and marker genes.
- Use cautious wording for inferential analyses:
- Do not overemphasize critique unless the user asks for critical review. Include limitations only if they affect interpretation, usually near the end or omitted in a pure blog-style walkthrough.
Data Source Table Template
Use this compact table when source information is available. Prefer 样本类型 | 样本数量 | 具体分析用途 for blog-style output. Use dataset IDs inside sample/count cells when useful.
The 具体分析用途 column must be concrete, not generic. State what analyses were performed, on which sample/cell/tissue object, and with which method or enrichment framework when available. Include details such as key cell type identification, differential abundance, GRN/regulon analysis, subclustering, marker genes, differential expression, GSEA/KEGG/GO/GOBP enrichment, pseudotime/trajectory, cell-cell communication, spatial deconvolution, niche annotation, score calculation, clinical correlation, survival analysis, or experimental validation.
| 样本类型 | 样本数量 | 具体分析用途 |
|---|
| scRNA-seq / snRNA-seq | ... | 构建 XX 组织/疾病与对照的单细胞/单核图谱;用 marker genes 注释主要细胞类型;比较疾病与对照的细胞比例;对关键细胞群做重聚类、差异表达、GSEA/KEGG/GO/GOBP 富集;如有则进行 GRN/regulon、拟时序轨迹、细胞通讯和 score 分组分析 |
| 空间转录组 | ... | 划分空间区域/生态位;分析不同 niche 的细胞组成;进行空间 deconvolution 或相关性分析;定位关键细胞、基因、regulon 或 signature score;比较高低分区域的通路活性,验证单细胞发现的空间分布 |
| bulk RNA-seq 队列 | ... | 构建或验证关键 gene signature / cell score;比较疾病分组、分子分型或临床分层;做差异表达、GSEA/KEGG/GO 富集、免疫浸润分析、临床相关性和生存分析 |
| 实验验证队列/样本 | ... | 用 IHC/IF/qPCR/western blot/flow/FISH 等验证关键细胞、基因、蛋白或空间共定位;连接组学推断与组织/功能证据 |
| 泛癌/外部验证队列 | ... | 在独立疾病或多癌种队列中验证 signature、通路活性、细胞浸润、临床相关性或预后关系 |
Figure Section Template
**图X:简短标题**
研究设计与图谱构建(Fig. XA-B)
研究方案:整合 XX 数据,对 XX 进行分析。图中展示 XX,并通过 marker gene/score/cluster 识别 XX。
细胞组成与组织分布(Fig. XC-E)
展示 XX 在不同组织/样本/队列中的比例差异,结果显示 XX,提示 XX。
临床意义或机制验证(Fig. XF-H)
在 XX 队列/实验中验证 XX,结果显示 XX,与 XX 结论一致。
Interpretation Rules
- When describing omics results, separate
observation from interpretation.
- Observation: "C2 CXCR4+ Fibroblast 具有最高 Cell Stemness Score。"
- Interpretation: "提示该亚群可能具有更强状态可塑性。"
- When pseudotime/trajectory is used, state that it infers state continuity, not proven lineage.
- When cell communication tools are used, state that ligand-receptor relations are inferred from expression/coexpression unless experimental validation exists.
- When spatial transcriptomics is used, emphasize how it validates localization, co-occurrence, or spatial signaling niches.
- When validation experiments exist, connect them back to the omics hypothesis.
- In figure walkthrough mode, avoid repeatedly saying "这一图的意义是". Instead, let the final sentence of each panel group naturally state the implication.
- If the source paper uses grouped patient states, reproduce the group labels explicitly, e.g.
low, intermediate, high, and explain them once.
Final Summary Template
**核心机制总结**
```text
研究背景/疾病状态
↓
关键细胞亚群/基因/通路
↓
功能表型
↓
细胞通讯或空间定位
↓
疾病机制或治疗启示
```
**文章最重要的结论**
1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
```