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ArticleCell genomics2024

SIMS: A deep-learning label transfer tool for single-cell RNA sequencing analysis.

Jesus Gonzalez-Ferrer, Julian Lehrer, Ash O'Farrell, Benedict Paten, Mircea Teodorescu, David Haussler, Vanessa D Jonsson, Mohammed A Mostajo-Radji

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Article in Cell genomics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jesus Gonzalez-FerrerGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Julian LehrerGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Ash O'FarrellGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Benedict PatenGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Mircea TeodorescuGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
David HausslerGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Vanessa D JonssonDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. Electronic address: vjonsson@ucsc.edu.
Mohammed A Mostajo-RadjiGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. Electronic address: mmostajo@ucsc.edu.

Funding

Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer (NTA) for the Center for Live Cell GenomicsRM1HG011543 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI HAUSSLER, DAVID H, SALAMA, SOFIE REDA · 2021 to 2025
$12.0M
Data Resource and Administrative Coordination Center for the Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes ConsortiumU24MH132628 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI DAVID H HAUSSLER, Tomasz Nowakowski · 2023 to 2026
$7.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG011543NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH132628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell atlases serve as vital references for automating cell labeling in new samples, yet existing classification algorithms struggle with accuracy. Here we introduce SIMS (scalable, interpretable machine learning for single cell), a low-code data-efficient pipeline for single-cell RNA classification. We benchmark SIMS against datasets from different tissues and species. We demonstrate SIMS's efficacy in classifying cells in the brain, achieving high accuracy even with small training sets (<3,500 cells) and across different samples. SIMS accurately predicts neuronal subtypes in the developing brain, shedding light on genetic changes during neuronal differentiation and postmitotic fate refinement. Finally, we apply SIMS to single-cell RNA datasets of cortical organoids to predict cell identities and uncover genetic variations between cell lines. SIMS identifies cell-line differences and misannotated cell lineages in human cortical organoids derived from different pluripotent stem cell lines. Altogether, we show that SIMS is a versatile and robust tool for cell-type classification from single-cell datasets.

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Deep LearningSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsBrainCell DifferentiationHumansMiceNeuronsOrganoidsbrain organoidscell atlaslabel transfermachine learningneurodevelopmentneuroscience datareference mappingRNA sequencingsingle cell analysisTabNet

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PMID38823397
PMCPMC11228957

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