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Identify the origin and end cells and infer the trajectory of cellular fate automatically

Zeng, Z.; Xing, C.; Hu, L.; Shah, R.; Xiong, Y.; Du, H.

2022-09-30 bioinformatics
10.1101/2022.09.28.510020 bioRxiv
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Cellular state identification and trajectory inference enable reconstructions of cell fate dynamics from single-cell RNA sequencing. However, the identification of cell fate trajectories requires a large number of computational resources or known biological process, and lack a method to alleviate both of these deficiencies at the same time. Here, we present scLTNN, a method that automatically infers origin and end cell state from scRNA-seq data and calculates the developmental trajectory and differentiation direction of cells with only a few computational resources and time consummation. We apply scLTNN to disentangling subpopulation kinetics in CD8+ T cell, pancreatic endocrinogenesis, and the development of zebrafish embryos. scLTNN displays a strong trajectory inference ability cross-species. scLTNN features a modular design that can be flexibly extended to any scRNA-seq analysis task. The complete package is available online at https://github.com/Starlitnightly/scltnn.

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