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ArticleResearch square2023

Reference-free and cost-effective automated cell type annotation with GPT-4 in single-cell RNA-seq analysis.

Wenpin Hou, Zhicheng Ji

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Wenpin HouDepartment of Biostatistics, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0972-2192
Zhicheng JiDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9457-4704

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The Duke Senescent Cell Evaluations in Normal Tissues (SCENT) Mapping CenterU54AG075936 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAN, CLIBURN C · 2021 to 2025
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NIA NIH HHS U54 AG075936
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Abstract

Cell type annotation is an essential step in single-cell RNA-seq analysis. However, it is a time-consuming process that often requires expertise in collecting canonical marker genes and manually annotating cell types. Automated cell type annotation methods typically require the acquisition of high-quality reference datasets and the development of additional pipelines. We demonstrate that GPT-4, a highly potent large language model, can automatically and accurately annotate cell types by utilizing marker gene information generated from standard single-cell RNA-seq analysis pipelines. Evaluated across hundreds of tissue types and cell types, GPT-4 generates cell type annotations exhibiting strong concordance with manual annotations, and has the potential to considerably reduce the effort and expertise needed in cell type annotation.

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PMID37205379
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