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ArticleNature communications2020

Latent periodic process inference from single-cell RNA-seq data.

Shaoheng Liang, Fang Wang, Jincheng Han, Ken Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shaoheng LiangDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. sliang3@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-1522
Fang WangDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-4550
Jincheng HanDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-6158
Ken ChenDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. kchen3@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4013-5279

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of a phenotype in a multicellular organism often involves multiple, simultaneously occurring biological processes. Advances in single-cell RNA-sequencing make it possible to infer latent developmental processes from the transcriptomic profiles of cells at various developmental stages. Accurate characterization is challenging however, particularly for periodic processes such as cell cycle. To address this, we develop Cyclum, an autoencoder approach identifying circular trajectories in the gene expression space. Cyclum substantially improves the accuracy and robustness of cell-cycle characterization beyond existing approaches. Applying Cyclum to removing cell-cycle effects substantially improves delineations of cell subpopulations, which is useful for establishing various cell atlases and studying tumor heterogeneity.

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RNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsCell CycleClone CellsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMelanomaMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsSoftware

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PMID32188848
PMCPMC7080821

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