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Evaluating performance and applications of sample-wise cell deconvolution methods on human brain transcriptomic data.

Rujia Dai, Tianyao Chu, Ming Zhang, Xuan Wang, Alexandre Jourdon, Feinan Wu, Jessica Mariani, Flora M Vaccarino, Donghoon Lee, John F Fullard and 10 more

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Rujia DaiDepartment of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9979-3295
Tianyao ChuMOE Key Laboratory of Rare Pediatric Diseases & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-5298
Ming ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Rare Pediatric Diseases & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xuan WangMOE Key Laboratory of Rare Pediatric Diseases & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0009-0005-0519-8727
Alexandre JourdonChild Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6074-1498
Feinan WuChild Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4962-1874
Jessica MarianiChild Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3657-1748
Flora M VaccarinoChild Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2167-981X
Donghoon LeeCenter for Disease Neurogenomics, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0453-6059
John F FullardCenter for Disease Neurogenomics, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9874-2907
Gabriel E HoffmanCenter for Disease Neurogenomics, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0957-0224
Panos RoussosCenter for Disease Neurogenomics, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4640-6239
Yue WangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Xusheng WangDepartment of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1759-9588
Dalila PintoDepartments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and Icahn Genomics Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Seaver Autism Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8769-0846
Sidney H WangCenter for Human Genetics, The Brown foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Chunling ZhangDepartment of Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2752-1028
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Chao ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Rare Pediatric Diseases & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5114-2282
Chunyu LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5986-4415

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Functional Genomics of Human Brain DevelopmentP50MH106934 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SESTAN, NENAD · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
Cis-Regulatory Epigenome Mappings in SchizophreniaU01MH103392 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI AKBARIAN, SCHAHRAM, SKLAR, PAMELA · 2014 to 2017
$7.6M
Molecular Profiling of SchizophreniaR01MH110921 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CHESS, ANDREW J, ROUSSOS, PANAGIOTIS · 2016 to 2020
$6.9M
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Signatures of Human Brain Development and AutismU01MH103339 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SESTAN, NENAD, STATE, MATTHEW W. · 2014 to 2017
$6.5M
1/2 Cell Type and Region-Specific Regulatory Networks in Human Brain Development and DisordersU01MH116488 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SESTAN, NENAD · 2018 to 2022
$6.5M
Discovery and validation of neuronal enhancers as development of psychiatric disorders supplementU01MH116492 · NIMH · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GERSTEIN, MARK BENDER, WENG, ZHIPING · 2018 to 2023
$6.2M
The 3D genome in transcriptional regulation across the postnatal life span, with implications for schizophrenia and bipolar disorderU01MH116442 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI AKBARIAN, SCHAHRAM, DRACHEVA, STELLA · 2018 to 2022
$5.9M
2/3 Understanding PTSD through Postmortem Targeted Brain Multi-omicsR01MH117291 · NIMH · LIEBER INSTITUTE, INC. · PI Joel Edward Kleinman · 2018 to 2026
$5.2M
Site 3/3, Understanding PTSD through Postmortem Targeted Brain MultiomicsR01MH117292 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI Nikolaos Daskalakis, KERRY J. RESSLER · 2018 to 2026
$5.0M
Dynamic RNA Modifications in human brain development and autismU01MH116441 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JIN, PENG · 2018 to 2022
$4.9M
Risk genetic variants and cis regulation of gene expression in Bipolar DisorderR01MH109677 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI ROUSSOS, PANAGIOTIS · 2016 to 2020
$4.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sample-wise deconvolution methods estimate cell-type proportions and gene expressions in bulk tissue samples, yet their performance and biological applications remain unexplored, particularly in human brain transcriptomic data. Here, nine deconvolution methods were evaluated with sample-matched data from bulk tissue RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), single-cell/nuclei (sc/sn) RNA-seq, and immunohistochemistry. A total of 1,130,767 nuclei per cells from 149 adult postmortem brains and 72 organoid samples were used. The results showed the best performance of dtangle for estimating cell proportions and bMIND for estimating sample-wise cell-type gene expressions. For eight brain cell types, 25,273 cell-type eQTLs were identified with deconvoluted expressions (decon-eQTLs). The results showed that decon-eQTLs explained more schizophrenia GWAS heritability than bulk tissue or single-cell eQTLs did alone. Differential gene expressions associated with Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and brain development were also examined using the deconvoluted data. Our findings, which were replicated in bulk tissue and single-cell data, provided insights into the biological applications of deconvoluted data in multiple brain disorders.

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BrainSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAdultAlzheimer DiseaseGene Expression ProfilingGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansSchizophreniaSequence Analysis, RNA

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PMCPMC11114236

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