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Computational analysis of cell-to-cell heterogeneity in single-cell RNA-sequencing data reveals hidden subpopulations of cells

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Recent technical developments have enabled the transcriptomes of hundreds of cells to be assayed in an unbiased manner, opening up the possibility that new subpopulations of cells can be found. However, the effects of potential confounding factors, such as the cell cycle, on the heterogeneity of gene expression and therefore on the ability to robustly identify subpopulations remain unclear. We present and validate a computational approach that uses latent variable models to account for such hidden factors. We show that our single-cell latent variable model (scLVM) allows the identification of otherwise undetectable subpopulations of cells that correspond to different stages during the differentiation of naive T cells into T helper 2 cells. Our approach can be used not only to identify cellular subpopulations but also to tease apart different sources of gene expression heterogeneity in single-cell transcriptomes.

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Authors
Buettner, F., Natarajan, K. N., Casale, F. P., Proserpio, V., Scialdone, A., Theis, F. J., Teichmann, S. A., Marioni, J. C., & Stegle, O.
Affiliations
  • European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Marioni, John C
  • Stegle, Oliver
Venue
Nature Biotechnology
Published
2015-01-19
Volume
33
Issue
2
Pages
155-160
ISSN
  • 0733-222X (ISSN-L)
  • 1087-0156
  • 1546-1696
OpenAlex
W2010653277
Cited by
1,136
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52
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2026: 27 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 74 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 119 · 2020: 133 · 2019: 119 · 2018: 130 · 2017: 144 · 2016: 112 · 2015: 50
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63.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
  • Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
cellular heterogeneity, single-cell RNA sequencing, cell subpopulations, latent variable models, confounding factors, cell cycle, gene expression heterogeneity, naive T cell differentiation, Th2 cells
MeSH terms
Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Models, Theoretical, RNA, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Th2 Cells, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Genetic Heterogeneity, Cell Lineage, Computational Biology, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome

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