scSNPdemux : a sensitive demultiplexing pipeline using single nucleotide polymorphisms for improved pooled single-cell RNA sequencing analysis

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BACKGROUND: Here we present scSNPdemux, a sample demultiplexing pipeline for single-cell RNA sequencing data using natural genetic variations in humans. The pipeline requires alignment files from Cell Ranger (10× Genomics), a population SNP database and genotyped single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) per sample. The tool works on sparse genotyping data in VCF format for sample identification.

RESULTS: The pipeline was tested on both single-cell and single-nuclei based RNA sequencing datasets and showed superior demultiplexing performance over the lipid-based CellPlex and Multi-seq sample multiplexing technique which incurs additional single cell library preparation steps. Specifically, our pipeline demonstrated superior sensitivity and specificity in cell-identity assignment over CellPlex, especially on immune cell types with low RNA content.

CONCLUSIONS: We designed a streamlined pipeline for single-cell sample demultiplexing, aiming to overcome common problems in multiplexing samples using single cell libraries which might affect data quality and can be costly.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC bioinformatics - 24(2023), 1 vom: 31. Aug., Seite 326

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, John K L [VerfasserIn]
Jassowicz, Lena [VerfasserIn]
Herold-Mende, Christel [VerfasserIn]
Seiffert, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Mallm, Jan-Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Lichter, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Zapatka, Marc [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Sample demultiplexing
Sample pooling
Single nucleotide polymorphisms
Single-cell

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Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12859-023-05440-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361512147