scTree: Discovering Cellular Hierarchies in the Presence of Batch Effects in scRNA-seq Data

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Hauptverfasser: Vandenhirtz, Moritz, Barkmann, Florian, Manduchi, Laura, Vogt, Julia E., Boeva, Valentina
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author Vandenhirtz, Moritz
Barkmann, Florian
Manduchi, Laura
Vogt, Julia E.
Boeva, Valentina
author_facet Vandenhirtz, Moritz
Barkmann, Florian
Manduchi, Laura
Vogt, Julia E.
Boeva, Valentina
contents We propose a novel method, scTree, for single-cell Tree Variational Autoencoders, extending a hierarchical clustering approach to single-cell RNA sequencing data. scTree corrects for batch effects while simultaneously learning a tree-structured data representation. This VAE-based method allows for a more in-depth understanding of complex cellular landscapes independently of the biasing effects of batches. We show empirically on seven datasets that scTree discovers the underlying clusters of the data and the hierarchical relations between them, as well as outperforms established baseline methods across these datasets. Additionally, we analyze the learned hierarchy to understand its biological relevance, thus underpinning the importance of integrating batch correction directly into the clustering procedure.
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spellingShingle scTree: Discovering Cellular Hierarchies in the Presence of Batch Effects in scRNA-seq Data
Vandenhirtz, Moritz
Barkmann, Florian
Manduchi, Laura
Vogt, Julia E.
Boeva, Valentina
Machine Learning
We propose a novel method, scTree, for single-cell Tree Variational Autoencoders, extending a hierarchical clustering approach to single-cell RNA sequencing data. scTree corrects for batch effects while simultaneously learning a tree-structured data representation. This VAE-based method allows for a more in-depth understanding of complex cellular landscapes independently of the biasing effects of batches. We show empirically on seven datasets that scTree discovers the underlying clusters of the data and the hierarchical relations between them, as well as outperforms established baseline methods across these datasets. Additionally, we analyze the learned hierarchy to understand its biological relevance, thus underpinning the importance of integrating batch correction directly into the clustering procedure.
title scTree: Discovering Cellular Hierarchies in the Presence of Batch Effects in scRNA-seq Data
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19300