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Scenic: single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering.

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Aibar, Sara, González-Blas, Carmen Bravo, Moerman, Thomas, Huynh-Thu, Vân Anh, Imrichova, Hana, Hulselmans, Gert, Rambow, Florian, Marine, Jean-Christophe +6 more·2017·Nature Methods

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We present SCENIC, a computational method for simultaneous gene regulatory network reconstruction and cell-state identification from single-cell RNA-seq data (http://scenic.aertslab.org). On a compendium of single-cell data from tumors and brain, we demonstrate that cis-regulatory analysis can be exploited to guide the identification of transcription factors and cell states. SCENIC provides critical biological insights into the mechanisms driving cellular heterogeneity.

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  • Lineage-committed TF-TG networks were identified based on correlation between enrichment of TGs in cells and cell pseudotime of the main lineage (correlation > 0.3 or < -0.3).

    “We identified lineage-committed TF–TG networks on the basis of the correlation between enrichment of TGs in cells (measured by AUC of recovery curve of the TGs) and cell pseudotime of the main lineage inferred by Slingshot (correlation > 0.3 or < -0.3; Figure 5A).”

    From Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Six Subpopulations Reflecting Distinct Cellular Fates in Senescent Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (2020) · cites this paper as Aibar et al., 2017

    The Online Methods (AUCell; page unavailable) support measuring target-gene-set enrichment in each cell as the area under a recovery curve. The cited paper does not describe identifying lineage-committed networks by correlating those scores with Slingshot pseudotime, or using the stated ±0.3 cutoff. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • SCENIC nominated AP1 and ETS family members as TFs potentially controlling TSKs.

    “Therefore, we performed single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering (SCENIC) (Aibar et al., 2017), which nominated AP1 and ETS family members as TFs potentially controlling TSKs”
  • hdWGCNA is a purely unsupervised approach and does not require prior knowledge or databases in the inference procedure.

    “Unlike other network analysis pipelines such as single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering (SCENIC)70 or CellChat,71 hdWGCNA is a purely unsupervised approach and does not require prior knowledge or databases in the inference procedure.”
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing data enables cell type-specific trans-regulation inference through co-expression analysis.

    “Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data enables cell type-specific trans-regulation inference through co-expression analysis such as PIDC and SCENIC21–30.”
  • The highest regulon activity in XO4+ cells was identified for Hif1a and Elf3 TFs.

    “The highest regulon’s activity in XO4+ cells was identified for Hif1a and Elf3 TFs”

    From Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis (2021) · cites this paper as [49]

    The paper describes scoring regulon activity in individual cells (SCENIC workflow, page unavailable), but the passages found do not report results for XO4+ cells or identify Hif1a and Elf3 as their most active regulons. Searches for “XO4+ cells Hif1a Elf3 regulon activity” and “Hif1a Elf3 transcription factors XO4” found no passage addressing that result. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Aibar, S., González-Blas, C. B., Moerman, T., Huynh-Thu, V. A., Imrichova, H., Hulselmans, G., Rambow, F., Marine, J.-C., Geurts, P., Aerts, J., van den Oord, J., Atak, Z. K., Wouters, J., & Aerts, S.
Affiliations
  • VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research (BE)
  • IMEC (BE)
  • VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology (BE)
  • University of Liège (BE)
Corresponding author
Aerts, Stein
Venue
Nature Methods
Published
2017-10-09
Volume
14
Issue
11
Pages
1083-1086
ISSN
  • 1548-7091 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7105
OpenAlex
W2616922646
Cited by
6,520
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 1222 · 2025: 1291 · 2024: 1268 · 2023: 1012 · 2022: 729 · 2021: 494 · 2020: 302 · 2019: 141 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 4
FWCI
57.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Methods (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt) (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (G.0791.14, G.0640.13)
  • KU Leuven (PF/10/016, OT/13/103)
  • Kom op tegen Kanker
  • Vlaamse regering
  • Fondation contre le Cancer (2012-F2)
  • Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent (PF/10/016)
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 Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
gene regulatory network inference, cell clustering, single-cell RNA sequencing, cis-regulatory elements, transcription factors, cell states, cellular heterogeneity, SCENIC
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Animals, Brain, Humans, Cluster Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice, Gene Regulatory Networks, Single-Cell Analysis

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