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Constructing local cell-specific networks from single-cell data
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2113178118.png)
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Gene coexpression networks yield critical insights into biological processes, and single-cell RNA sequencing provides an opportunity to target inquiries at the cellular level. However, due to the sparsity and heterogeneity of transcript counts, it is challenging to construct accurate gene networks. We develop an approach, locCSN, that estimates cell-specific networks (CSNs) for each cell, preserving information about cellular heterogeneity that is lost with other approaches. LocCSN is based on a nonparametric investigation of the joint distribution of gene expression; hence it can readily detect nonlinear correlations, and it is more robust to distributional challenges. Although individual CSNs are estimated with considerable noise, average CSNs provide stable estimates of networks, which reveal gene communities better than traditional measures. Additionally, we propose downstream analysis methods using CSNs to utilize more fully the information contained within them. Repeated estimates of gene networks facilitate testing for differences in network structure between cell groups. Notably, with this approach, we can identify differential network genes, which typically do not differ in gene expression, but do differ in terms of the coexpression networks. These genes might help explain the etiology of disease. Finally, to further our understanding of autism spectrum disorder, we examine the evolution of gene networks in fetal brain cells and compare the CSNs of cells sampled from case and control subjects to reveal intriguing patterns in gene coexpression.
Keyword:
coexpression network
differential network genes
differential expression
single-cell RNA-seq
brain cells
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