SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data
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ABSTRACT: Spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic (ST) data require cell type deconvolution for cellular-level downstream analysis. Here we present SDePER, a hybrid machine learning and regression method, to deconvolve ST data using reference single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. SDePER removes the systematic difference between the ST and scRNA-seq data (platform effects) explicitly and efficiently to ensure the linear relationship between ST data and cell type-specific expression profile. It also considers sparsity of cell types per capture spot and across-spots spatial correlation in cell type compositions. Based on the estimations, SDePER imputes for cell type compositions and gene expression at enhanced resolution. We assessed the performance of SDePER and six existing methods using simulations and four real datasets. All results showed that SDePER achieved significantly more accurate and robust results than the existing methods suggesting the importance of considering platform effects, sparsity and spatial correlation in cell type deconvolution.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE231385 | GEO | 2024/08/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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