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Probabilistic harmonization and annotation of single‐cell transcriptomics data with deep generative models
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As the number of single‐cell transcriptomics datasets grows, the natural next step is to integrate the accumulating data to achieve a common ontology of cell types and states. However, it is not straightforward to compare gene expression levels across datasets and to automatically assign cell type labels in a new dataset based on existing annotations. In this manuscript, we demonstrate that our previously developed method, scVI, provides an effective and fully probabilistic approach for joint representation and analysis of scRNA‐seq data, while accounting for uncertainty caused by biological and measurement noise. We also introduce single‐cell ANnotation using Variational Inference (scANVI), a semi‐supervised variant of scVI designed to leverage existing cell state annotations. We demonstrate that scVI and scANVI compare favorably to state‐of‐the‐art methods for data integration and cell state annotation in terms of accuracy, scalability, and adaptability to challenging settings. In contrast to existing methods, scVI and scANVI integrate multiple datasets with a single generative model that can be directly used for downstream tasks, such as differential expression. Both methods are easily accessible through scvi‐tools.
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“This limitation can be well addressed with deep-learning based classification methods such as scANVI (Xu et al., 2021).”
MethodInfluentialScaling deep identifiable models enables zero-shot characterization of single-cell biological statesPreprint
Dong, M., Agrawal, K., Fan, R., Sefik, E., Flavell, R. A., & Kluger, Y. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.11.11.566161 · Cited by 3
“The generative process of scShift mostly aligned with the scvi-tools framework [10, 65], with the primary difference being the perturbation latent variable s i .”
Φ-Space: Continuous phenotyping of single-cell multi-omics dataPreprint
Mao, J., Deng, Y., & Cao, K. L. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.06.19.599787 · Cited by 3
Mitri, Z. I., Creason, A., Stommel, J. M., Ozmen, T. Y., Rames, M. J., Ozmen, F., Bottomly, D., Jeong, B. Y., Lim, J. Y., Sivagnanam, S., et al. (2024) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2024.08.29.24312245 · Cited by 3
ArchMap: A web-based platform for reference-based analysis of single-cell datasetsPreprint
Lotfollahi, M., Bright, C. A., Skorobogat, R., Dehkordi, M. N., George, X., Richter, S., Shitov, V. A., Melcher, H., Nussbaumer, N., Fomm, A., et al. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.09.19.613883 · Cited by 3
“A central use of these reference models has also been to gain insights into new data using transfer learning 5–9 , similar to genome references in genomics.”
Bahrami, M., Tejada-Lapuerta, A., Becker, S., G., F. S. H., & Theis, F. J. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.10.14.682419 · Cited by 4
Schmitz, M. T., Ding, J. W., Nolbrant, S., McMullen, R., Kim, C. N., Pavlovic, B. J., Nowakowski, T. J., Bakken, T. E., Ye, C., & Pollen, A. A. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.10.18.683238 · Cited by 3
Bocchi, V. D., To, K., Weber, L., Zumbo, P., Kim, L., Shida, I. Y., Yang, D., Storm, P., Fiorenzano, A., Sozzi, E., et al. (2026) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.64898/2026.06.19.733041 · Cited by 4
Self-citationSingle-cell mosaic integration and cell state transfer with auto-scaling self-attention mechanism
Rong, Z., Song, J., Yu, Y., Mi, L., Qiu, M., Song, Y., & Hou, Y. (2024) · Briefings in Bioinformatics · doi:10.1093/bib/bbae540 · Cited by 2
“Unlike existing semisuper-vised methods [6, 21], mmAAVI is tailored for mosaic integration tasks and does not require shared omics features between annotated and unannotated data.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialscCCTR: An iterative selection-based semi-supervised clustering model for single-cell RNA-seq data
Chen, J., Sun, Q., Wang, C., & Gao, C. (2025) · Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2025.03.018 · Cited by 2
“…methods leverage partially labeled data as prior information to enhance clustering precision. scANVI, an extension of scVI, incorporates partially labeled data to refine cell type predictions, thereby enhancing performance in cell annotation tasks and indirectly improving clustering accuracy [32].”
SCITUNA: single-cell data integration tool using network alignment
Houdjedj, A., Marouf, Y., Myradov, M., Doğan, S. O., Erten, B. O., Taştan, Ö., Erten, C., & Kazan, H. (2025) · BMC Bioinformatics · doi:10.1186/s12859-025-06087-3 · Cited by 2
“SAUCIE employs autoencoders to correct batch effects by minimizing reconstruction error [16]. scVI [17] combines a variational autoen-coder with a Bayesian model to model observed counts, while scANVI extends scVI with semi-supervised learning using cell type labels [18–20].”
Zhang, Q., Wu, X., Li, X., Ma, W., Wu, T., Li, L., Hu, F., Xie, Y., & Wu, X. (2025) · Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine · doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2025.108809 · Cited by 3
Integrating single-cell data with biological variables
Zhou, Y., Sheng, Q., & Jin, S. (2025) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2416516122 · Cited by 2
“These ranged from statistical methods based on similar cells or shared cell types [fastMNN (7), Seurat (8), Harmony, LIGER (11), and scInt] to graph - based methods [BBKNN (17) and Conos (18) and deep learning methods [scVI, scANVI (19), and scPoli (20).”
Thomas, M., Brabenec, R., Gregor, L., Andreu-Sanz, D., Carlini, E., Müller, P. J., Gottschlich, A., Simnica, D., Kobold, S., & Marr, C. (2025) · Computers in Biology and Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110332 · Cited by 2
Polzer, O., Kinloch, E., Lucassen, P. J., Salta, E., & Fitzsimons, C. P. (2025) · Aging Cell · doi:10.1111/acel.70106 · Cited by 3
“Techniques such as scANVI already offer powerful tools for harmonizing datasets while preserving meaningful biological variability (Xu et al. 2021; Luecken et al. 2022).”
Wan, L., Zhou, Y., Wang, X., Qi, J., & Jin, S. (2025) · Briefings in Bioinformatics · doi:10.1093/bib/bbaf503 · Cited by 2
“The third class includes deep learning-based methods, such as scVI [16], scANVI [17], scGAN [18], BERMUDA [19], and CarDEC [20], which employ deep neural networks, generative adversarial networks, or variational autoencoders (VAEs) to align data across batches by learning the underlying…”
Mullan, K. A., Valkiers, S., de Vrij, N., Li, C., Verbandt, S., Pu, T., & Meysman, P. (2025) · ImmunoInformatics · doi:10.1016/j.immuno.2025.100063 · Cited by 2
A novel paradigm for single-cell annotation in stem cell research
Atkeson, T., Wilson, S. B., Ruiz-Morales, E. R., Little, M. H., Vento‐Tormo, R., Neavin, D. R., & Powell, J. E. (2025) · Stem Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102707 · Cited by 3
Snitow, M. E., Michki, S. N., Chaudhry, F. N., et al. (2025) · Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116750 · Cited by 2
Unraveling Cardiovascular Development and Function: Insights From Single-Cell Omics
Harper, R. L., Lelliott, P. M., Bender, S. B., & Pinto, A. R. (2026) · Circulation Research · doi:10.1161/circresaha.125.325793 · Cited by 4
He, H., Peng, P., Shi-Tong, Y., Wang, M.-G., Zhang, X.-F., & Chen, L. (2026) · Nature Computational Science · doi:10.1038/s43588-025-00938-y · Cited by 3
Decoding Human Placental Cellular and Molecular Responses to Obesity and Fetal Growth
Jiang, H., Derisoud, E., Parreira, D., Taebnia, N., Jannig, P. R., Shafagh, R. Z., Zhao, A., Li, C., Ortíz, M., Maliqueo, M. A., et al. (2026) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202509691 · Cited by 2
Single-cell atlas of AML reveals age-related gene regulatory networks in t(8;21) AML
Whittle, J. R. S., Meyer, S., Lacaud, G., Baker, S. M., & Iqbal, M. (2025) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.104978.3 · Cited by 3
Pitfalls in analysis and interpretation of single-cell RNA-seq data in cancer
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“To correct for batch effects and enable downstream analysis, cell transcriptomes were embedded into a low-dimensional latent space using scVI (36, 37), treating each patient sample as a distinct batch.”
scDenorm: a denormalization tool for integrating single-cell transcriptomics data
Huang, Y., Pournara, A. V., Ao, Y., Huang, Z., Zhang, H. Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Brāzma, A., Papatheodorou, I., Yang, X., et al. (2026) · GigaScience · doi:10.1093/gigascience/giag032 · Cited by 1
“For instance, scVI [ 10 ] and scANVI [ 11 ] integration methods model single-cell data using a negative binomial distribution (also known as the Gamma–Poisson distribution), and thus both require raw counts as input.”
Probabilistic modelling of single-cell bisulfite sequencing data with MethylVI
Weinberger, E., Qiu, W., Tian, W., Zeng, Q., Ergen, C., Kronfeld, O., Kim, M., Yosef, N., Ecker, J. R., & Lee, S. (2026) · Nature Machine Intelligence · doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01225-9 · Cited by 2
“For all of our experiments, we place a non-informative uniform prior on this variable, which has successfully been used in previous work 63 .”
InfluentialSelf-citationA Hormone Cell Atlas maps the human endocrine system at cellular resolution
Fei, L., Huang‐Doran, I., Lawler, K., Yu, Y., Pett, J. P., Méndez-Acevedo, K. M., Shah, D., Margalef-Rieres, J., Pohlman, J. S., Çakır, B., et al. (2026) · Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology · doi:10.1126/science.aeb2672 · Cited by 6
Self-citationPita-Juárez, Y. H., Kalavros, N., Karagkouni, D., Ma, Y., Katopodi, X.-L., & Vlachos, I. S. (2024) · Contemporary diabetes · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55715-6_11 · Cited by 2
Prater, K. E., & Lin, K. (2024) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.24633 · Cited by 3
“One advantage to label transfer is that these methods can facilitate the common labeling of both cell types and cell states in datasets (Aran et al., 2019; Xu et al., 2021).”
scE(match): Privacy-Preserving Cluster Matching of Single-Cell Data
Lohmöller, J., Scheiber, J., Kramann, R., Wehrle, K., Hayat, S., & Pennekamp, J. (2024) · IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) · doi:10.1109/trustcom63139.2024.00294 · Cited by 2
“All these methods, however, require direct access to both datasets [24].”
Landscape of spatial disruption of homeostasis in the middle temporal gyrus of epileptic patients
Han, L., Liu, J., Song, Y., Wang, S., Zeng, Z., & Shi, H. (2025) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2025.149688 · Cited by 2
A Deep Learning Approach to Assessing Cell Identity in Stem Cell–Based Embryo Models
Salehin, N., Proks, M., & Brickman, J. M. (2025) · Methods in molecular biology · doi:10.1007/7651_2025_654 · Cited by 2
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Sousa, A. G. G., Smolander, J., Junttila, S., & Elo, L. L. (2025) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1128 · Cited by 2
ArchMap is a web-based platform for reference-based analysis of single-cell datasets
Lotfollahi, M., Bright, C. A., Skorobogat, R., Dehkordi, M. M., George, X., Richter, S., Shitov, V. A., Melcher, H., Nussbaumer, N., Fomm, A., et al. (2026) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/s41588-026-02756-y · Cited by 3
“Current compatible integration methods include scVI 6 , scANVI (single-cell annotation using variational inference) 9 and scPoli (single-cell population level integration) 5 , with scVI and scANVI consistently being top-performing integration methods 4 .”
Wang, L., Nie, R., Zhang, Z., Gu, W., Wang, S., Wang, A., Zhang, J., & Cai, J. (2023) · Cell Reports Methods · doi:10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100558 · Cited by 2
“A recently coined term, ‘‘harmonization,’’ refers to integrationof twoormoredatasets before downstream analysis.(9) It has become a mainstream ten-”
BackgroundInfluentialSwamy, V. S., Batz, Z. A., & McGaughey, D. M. (2023) · Translational Vision Science & Technology · doi:10.1167/tvst.12.9.18 · Cited by 2
“Fourth, we use the scANVI (scvitools based) batch correction 79 method, which leverages the known cell type labels in the batch correction process.(27) 80 A custom cutoff for the minimum required number of unique genes identified per cell were used for the 81 SRP362101 cornea dataset as an abnormally high number of ce…”
Multi-task learning for single-cell multi-modality biologyPreprint
Tang, X., Zhang, J., He, Y., Zhang, X., Lin, Z., Partarrieu, S., Hanna, E. B., Ren, Z., Yang, Y., Wang, X., et al. (2022) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2022.06.03.494730 · Cited by 2
Simoneau, C. R., Chen, P., Xing, G. K., Khalid, M. M., Meyers, N. L., Hayashi, J. M., Taha, T. Y., Leon, K. E., Ashuach, T., Fontaine, K. A., et al. (2022) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2022.08.02.502100 · Cited by 2
Self-citationBoosting Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis with Simple Neural AttentionPreprint
Davalos, O. A., Heydari, A. A., Fertig, E. J., Sindi, S., & Hoyer, K. K. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.05.29.542760 · Cited by 2
Friedrich, V. D., Pennitz, P., Wyler, E., Adler, J. M., Postmus, D., Alves, L. G. T., Prigann, J., Pott, F., Vladimirova, D., Hoefler, T., et al. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.01.11.574849 · Cited by 2
Deep Learning Based Models for Preimplantation Mouse and Human DevelopmentPreprint
Proks, M., Salehin, N., & Brickman, J. M. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.02.16.580649 · Cited by 2
“We therefore chose, to continue with scVI for integration and scANVI (Xu, 2021) for all cell type classification.”
BackgroundMethod
Metadata
- Authors
- Xu, C., Lopez, R., Mehlman, E., Regier, J., Jordan, M. I., & Yosef, N.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yosef, Nir
- Venue
- Molecular Systems Biology
- Published
- 2021-01-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e9620-e9620
- ISSN
- 1744-4292 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7829634
- OpenAlex
- W3121168830
- Semantic Scholar
- 58c22899af553a611bbd3acfd8d2b43f86d2b3fe
- Cited by
- 691
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 206 · 2025: 188 · 2024: 126 · 2023: 91 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 29
- FWCI
- 23.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Molecular Systems Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19 AI090023)
- NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (U19 MH114821)
- 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 › Gene expression and cancer classification
- Keywords
- single-cell transcriptomics, data integration, cell type annotation, scVI, scANVI, variational inference, deep generative models, stochastic modeling, uncertainty quantification, semi-supervised learning, differential gene expression
- MeSH terms
- Supervised Machine Learning, Humans, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Computational Biology, Gene Expression Profiling, Databases, Genetic, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Single-Cell Analysis
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