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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Automatic cell type identification methods for single-cell RNA sequencing.

Bingbing Xie, Qin Jiang, Antonio Mora, Xuri Li

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Bingbing XieState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong, China.
Qin JiangAffiliated Eye Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Antonio MoraJoint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xinzao, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, Guangdong, China.
Xuri LiState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has become a powerful tool for scientists of many research disciplines due to its ability to elucidate the heterogeneous and complex cell-type compositions of different tissues and cell populations. Traditional cell-type identification methods for scRNA-seq data analysis are time-consuming and knowledge-dependent for manual annotation. By contrast, automatic cell-type identification methods may have the advantages of being fast, accurate, and more user friendly. Here, we discuss and evaluate thirty-two published automatic methods for scRNA-seq data analysis in terms of their prediction accuracy, F1-score, unlabeling rate and running time. We highlight the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and provide recommendations of method choice depending on the available information. The challenges and future applications of these automatic methods are further discussed. In addition, we provide a free scRNA-seq data analysis package encompassing the discussed automatic methods to help the easy usage of them in real-world applications.

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Automatic identificationCell typeEager learningLazy learningMarker learningSingle-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)

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PMID34815832
PMCPMC8572862

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