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ArticleCytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology2018

Background fluorescence and spreading error are major contributors of variability in high-dimensional flow cytometry data visualization by t-distributed stochastic neighboring embedding.

Emilia Maria Cristina Mazza, Jolanda Brummelman, Giorgia Alvisi, Alessandra Roberto, Federica De Paoli, Veronica Zanon, Federico Colombo, Mario Roederer, Enrico Lugli

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Article in Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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  9. High-Dimensional Data Analysis Algorithms Yield Comparable Results for Mass Cytometry and Spectral Flow Cytometry Data.Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology · 2020
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  10. Computational Analysis of Multiparametric Flow Cytometric Data to Dissect B Cell Subsets in Vaccine Studies.Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology · 2020
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Emilia Maria Cristina MazzaLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Jolanda BrummelmanLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Giorgia AlvisiLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra RobertoLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Federica De PaoliLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Veronica ZanonLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Federico ColomboHumanitas Flow Cytometry Core, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Mario RoedererImmunoTechnology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Enrico LugliLaboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1964-7678

Funding

Flow Cytometry CoreZICAI005101 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI ROEDERER, MARIO · 2009 to 2025
$25.7M
Functional And Phenotypic Characterization Of T Cells In ManZIAAI005021 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI ROEDERER, MARIO · 2009 to 2022
$14.4M
Development Of Flow Cytometric Technologies For Immune AssaysZIAAI005020 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI ROEDERER, MARIO · 2009 to 2019
$9.6M
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Abstract

Multidimensional single-cell analysis requires approaches to visualize complex data in intuitive 2D graphs. In this regard, t-distributed stochastic neighboring embedding (tSNE) is the most popular algorithm for single-cell RNA sequencing and cytometry by time-of-flight (CyTOF), but its application to polychromatic flow cytometry, including the recently developed 30-parameter platform, is still under investigation. We identified differential distribution of background values between samples, generated by either background calculation or spreading error (SE), as a major source of variability in polychromatic flow cytometry data representation by tSNE, ultimately resulting in the identification of erroneous heterogeneity among cell populations. Biexponential transformation of raw data and limiting SE during panel development dramatically improved data visualization. These aspects must be taken into consideration when using computational approaches as discovery tools in large sets of samples from independent experiments or immunomonitoring in clinical trials.

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Computational BiologyData VisualizationAlgorithmsFlow CytometryFluorescenceHumansSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisCD8high-dimensional datapolychromatic flow cytometrysingle cellT celltSNE

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PMCPMC6175173

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