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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2023

Clustering malignant cell states using universally variable genes.

Sang-Ho Yoon, Jin-Wu Nam

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. The impact of dropouts in scRNAseq dense neighborhood analysis.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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2 authors.

Sang-Ho YoonDepartment of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2611-5554
Jin-Wu NamDepartment of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0047-3687

Funding

Basic Science Research ProgramMinistry of Science and ICT and Education 2021R1A2C3005835National Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has revealed important insights into the heterogeneity of malignant cells. However, sample-specific genomic alterations often confound such analysis, resulting in patient-specific clusters that are difficult to interpret. Here, we present a novel approach to address the issue. By normalizing gene expression variances to identify universally variable genes (UVGs), we were able to reduce the formation of sample-specific clusters and identify underlying molecular hallmarks in malignant cells. In contrast to highly variable genes vulnerable to a specific sample bias, UVGs led to better detection of clusters corresponding to distinct malignant cell states. Our results demonstrate the utility of this approach for analyzing scRNA-seq data and suggest avenues for further exploration of malignant cell heterogeneity.

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Gene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisCluster AnalysisGenomicsHumansSequence Analysis, RNAclusteringfeature selectionscRNA-seqtumor microenvironment

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PMID38084922
PMCPMC10783859

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