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ArticleCommunications biology2022

InterCellar enables interactive analysis and exploration of cell-cell communication in single-cell transcriptomic data.

Marta Interlandi, Kornelius Kerl, Martin Dugas

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 authors.

Marta InterlandiInstitute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany. marta.interlandi@uni-muenster.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6863-2552
Kornelius KerlDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5676-8102
Martin DugasInstitute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9740-0788

Funding

Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid) 70113653Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung (Wilhelm Sander Foundation) 2019.158.1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering cell-cell communication is a key step in understanding the physiology and pathology of multicellular systems. Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics have contributed to unraveling the cellular composition of tissues and enabled the development of computational algorithms to predict cellular communication mediated by ligand-receptor interactions. Despite the existence of various tools capable of inferring cell-cell interactions from single-cell RNA sequencing data, the analysis and interpretation of the biological signals often require deep computational expertize. Here we present InterCellar, an interactive platform empowering lab-scientists to analyze and explore predicted cell-cell communication without requiring programming skills. InterCellar guides the biological interpretation through customized analysis steps, multiple visualization options, and the possibility to link biological pathways to ligand-receptor interactions. Alongside convenient data exploration features, InterCellar implements data-driven analyses including the possibility to compare cell-cell communication from multiple conditions. By analyzing COVID-19 and melanoma cell-cell interactions, we show that InterCellar resolves data-driven patterns of communication and highlights molecular signals through the integration of biological functions and pathways. We believe our user-friendly, interactive platform will help streamline the analysis of cell-cell communication and facilitate hypothesis generation in diverse biological systems.

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Cell CommunicationCOVID-19Single-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingHumansMelanomaSARS-CoV-2Software

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PMID35017628
PMCPMC8752611

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