SCALE method for single-cell ATAC-seq analysis via latent feature extraction

Single-cell ATAC-seq (scATAC-seq) profiles the chromatin accessibility landscape at single cell level, thus revealing cell-to-cell variability in gene regulation. However, the high dimensionality and sparsity of scATAC-seq data often complicate the analysis. Here, we introduce a method for analyzing scATAC-seq data, called Single-Cell ATAC-seq analysis via Latent feature Extraction (SCALE). SCALE combines a deep generative framework and a probabilistic Gaussian Mixture Model to learn latent features that accurately characterize scATAC-seq data. We validate SCALE on datasets generated on different platforms with different protocols, and having different overall data qualities. SCALE substantially outperforms the other tools in all aspects of scATAC-seq data analysis, including visualization, clustering, and denoising and imputation. Importantly, SCALE also generates interpretable features that directly link to cell populations, and can potentially reveal batch effects in scATAC-seq experiments.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 10(2019), 1 vom: 08. Okt., Seite 4576

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiong, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Kui [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Kang [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Yanqiu [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ge [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qiangfeng Cliff [VerfasserIn]

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Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

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Date Completed 19.02.2020

Date Revised 14.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-019-12630-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302019642