Dpath software reveals hierarchical haemato-endothelial lineages of Etv2 progenitors based on single-cell transcriptome analysis

Wuming Gong, Tara L. Rasmussen, Bhairab N. Singh, Naoko Koyano-Nakagawa, Wei Pan and Daniel J. Garry ()
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Wuming Gong: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota
Tara L. Rasmussen: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota
Bhairab N. Singh: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota
Naoko Koyano-Nakagawa: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota
Wei Pan: School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Daniel J. Garry: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Developmental, stem cell and cancer biologists are interested in the molecular definition of cellular differentiation. Although single-cell RNA sequencing represents a transformational advance for global gene analyses, novel obstacles have emerged, including the computational management of dropout events, the reconstruction of biological pathways and the isolation of target cell populations. We develop an algorithm named dpath that applies the concept of metagene entropy and allows the ranking of cells based on their differentiation potential. We also develop self-organizing map (SOM) and random walk with restart (RWR) algorithms to separate the progenitors from the differentiated cells and reconstruct the lineage hierarchies in an unbiased manner. We test these algorithms using single cells from Etv2-EYFP transgenic mouse embryos and reveal specific molecular pathways that direct differentiation programmes involving the haemato-endothelial lineages. This software program quantitatively assesses the progenitor and committed states in single-cell RNA-seq data sets in a non-biased manner.

Date: 2017
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