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SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data
Liu Y, Li N, Qi J, Xu G, Zhao J, Wang N, Huang X, Jiang W, Wei H, Justet A, Adams T, Homer R, Amei A, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Wang Z, Yan X. SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data. Genome Biology 2024, 25: 271. PMID: 39402626, PMCID: PMC11475911, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03416-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingHumansMachine LearningRegression AnalysisRNA-SeqSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisSoftwareTranscriptomeG2S3: A gene graph-based imputation method for single-cell RNA sequencing data
Wu W, Liu Y, Dai Q, Yan X, Wang Z. G2S3: A gene graph-based imputation method for single-cell RNA sequencing data. PLOS Computational Biology 2021, 17: e1009029. PMID: 34003861, PMCID: PMC8189489, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComputational BiologyDatasets as TopicGene Expression ProfilingHumansSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisConceptsSingle-cell transcriptomic datasetsTranscriptomic datasetsGene expressionSingle-cell RNA sequencing technologySingle-cell transcriptomic studiesSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataRNA sequencing technologyRNA sequencing dataSingle-cell resolutionGene expression profilesAdjacent genesTranscriptomic studiesSequencing technologiesSequencing dataExpression profilesGene graphDownstream analysisGenesCell trajectoriesDropout eventsCell subtypesExpressionHigh data sparsityCells
2023
A novel Bayesian framework for harmonizing information across tissues and studies to increase cell type deconvolution accuracy
Deng W, Li B, Wang J, Jiang W, Yan X, Li N, Vukmirovic M, Kaminski N, Wang J, Zhao H. A novel Bayesian framework for harmonizing information across tissues and studies to increase cell type deconvolution accuracy. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2023, 24: bbac616. PMID: 36631398, PMCID: PMC9851324, DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbac616.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Single-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive COVID-19
Unterman A, Sumida TS, Nouri N, Yan X, Zhao AY, Gasque V, Schupp JC, Asashima H, Liu Y, Cosme C, Deng W, Chen M, Raredon MSB, Hoehn KB, Wang G, Wang Z, DeIuliis G, Ravindra NG, Li N, Castaldi C, Wong P, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Sharma L, Casanovas-Massana A, Vogels CBF, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Melillo A, Meng H, Stein Y, Minasyan M, Mohanty S, Ruff WE, Cohen I, Raddassi K, Niklason L, Ko A, Montgomery R, Farhadian S, Iwasaki A, Shaw A, van Dijk D, Zhao H, Kleinstein S, Hafler D, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz C. Single-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive COVID-19. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 440. PMID: 35064122, PMCID: PMC8782894, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27716-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunity, InnateMaleReceptors, Antigen, B-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRNA-SeqSARS-CoV-2Single-Cell AnalysisConceptsProgressive COVID-19B cell clonesSingle-cell analysisT cellsImmune responseMulti-omics single-cell analysisCOVID-19Cell clonesAdaptive immune interactionsSevere COVID-19Dynamic immune responsesGene expressionSARS-CoV-2 virusAdaptive immune systemSomatic hypermutation frequenciesCellular effectsProtein markersEffector CD8Immune signaturesProgressive diseaseHypermutation frequencyProgressive courseClassical monocytesClonesImmune interactions
2021
Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung
Schupp JC, Adams TS, Cosme C, Raredon MSB, Yuan Y, Omote N, Poli S, Chioccioli M, Rose KA, Manning EP, Sauler M, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Neumark N, Habermann AC, Gutierrez AJ, Bui LT, Lafyatis R, Pierce RW, Meyer KB, Nawijn MC, Teichmann SA, Banovich NE, Kropski JA, Niklason LE, Pe’er D, Yan X, Homer RJ, Rosas IO, Kaminski N. Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung. Circulation 2021, 144: 286-302. PMID: 34030460, PMCID: PMC8300155, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.052318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential expression analysisPrimary lung endothelial cellsLung endothelial cellsCell typesMarker genesExpression analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataCross-species analysisVenous endothelial cellsEndothelial marker genesSingle-cell atlasMarker gene setsRNA sequencing dataEndothelial cellsSubsequent differential expression analysisDifferent lung cell typesResident cell typesLung cell typesCellular diversityEndothelial cell typesCapillary endothelial cellsHuman lung endothelial cellsPhenotypic diversityEndothelial diversityIndistinguishable populationsSingle-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma
Chen A, Diaz-Soto MP, Sanmamed MF, Adams T, Schupp JC, Gupta A, Britto C, Sauler M, Yan X, Liu Q, Nino G, Cruz CSD, Chupp GL, Gomez JL. Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma. Respiratory Research 2021, 22: 122. PMID: 33902571, PMCID: PMC8074196, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01709-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere asthmaEffector T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsT cellsHealthy controlsPoly IDendritic cellsMononuclear cellsUnstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cellsInterferon responseTLR3 agonist poly IImpaired interferon responseMain cell subsetsNatural killer cellsPro-inflammatory profilePro-inflammatory pathwaysC stimulationCyTOF profilingHigh CD8Cell typesEffector cellsKiller cellsCell subsetsMain cell types
2020
Single-Cell Transcriptional Archetypes of Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis.
Schupp JC, Khanal S, Gomez JL, Sauler M, Adams TS, Chupp GL, Yan X, Poli S, Zhao Y, Montgomery RR, Rosas IO, Dela Cruz CS, Bruscia EM, Egan ME, Kaminski N, Britto CJ. Single-Cell Transcriptional Archetypes of Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 202: 1419-1429. PMID: 32603604, PMCID: PMC7667912, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202004-0991oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAirway ResistanceCystic FibrosisFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptional ActivationConceptsCF lung diseaseHealthy control subjectsImmune dysfunctionLung diseaseCystic fibrosisControl subjectsSputum cellsAbnormal chloride transportLung mononuclear phagocytesInnate immune dysfunctionDivergent clinical coursesImmune cell repertoireMonocyte-derived macrophagesCF monocytesAirway inflammationClinical courseProinflammatory featuresCell survival programInflammatory responseTissue injuryCell repertoireImmune functionTranscriptional profilesAlveolar macrophagesMononuclear phagocytes
2019
Integrating multiomics longitudinal data to reconstruct networks underlying lung development
Ding J, Ahangari F, Espinoza CR, Chhabra D, Nicola T, Yan X, Lal CV, Hagood JS, Kaminski N, Bar-Joseph Z, Ambalavanan N. Integrating multiomics longitudinal data to reconstruct networks underlying lung development. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2019, 317: l556-l568. PMID: 31432713, PMCID: PMC6879899, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00554.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornChildChild, PreschoolDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunity, InnateInfantInfant, NewbornLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsOrganogenesisProteomicsPulmonary AlveoliRNA, MessengerSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeConceptsSingle-cell RNA-seq dataLung developmentDynamic regulatory networksOmics data setsRNA-seq dataIndividual cell typesHuman lung developmentRegulatory networksDNA methylationLaser capture microdissectionEpigenetic changesExpression trajectoriesKey pathwaysCell typesActive pathwaysCapture microdissectionRegulatorKey eventsInnate immunityNew insightsSpecific key eventsPathwayComprehensive understandingProteomicsMethylation