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Alabdullatif, S.

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Interactive analysis of single-cell data using flexible workflows with SCTK2.0

Analysis of single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data can reveal novel insights into heterogeneity of complex biological systems. Many tools and workflows have been developed to perform different types of analysis. However, these tools are spread across different packages or programming environments, rely on different underlying data structures, and can only be utilized by people with knowledge of programming languages. In the Single Cell Toolkit 2.0 (SCTK2.0), we have integrated a variety of popular tools and workflows to perform various aspects of scRNA-seq analysis. All tools and workflows can be run in the R console or using an intuitive graphical user interface built with R/Shiny. HTML reports generated with Rmarkdown can be used to document and recapitulate individual steps or entire analysis workflows. We show that the toolkit offers more features when compared with existing tools and allows for a seamless analysis of scRNA-seq data for non-computational users. Graphical Abstract O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=112 SRC="FIGDIR/small/499900v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (49K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@2a3964org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1debe9org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@6b3a2aorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1b7bf84_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG HighlightsO_LIIntuitive graphical user interface for interactive analysis of scRNA-seq data C_LIO_LIAllows non-computational users to analyze scRNA-seq data with end-to-end workflows C_LIO_LIProvides interoperability between tools across different programming environments C_LIO_LIProduces HTML reports for reproducibility and easy sharing of results C_LI

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Comprehensive generation, visualization, and reporting of quality control metrics for single-cell RNA sequencing data

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) can be used to gain insights into cellular heterogeneity within complex tissues. However, a variety of technical artifacts can be present in scRNA-seq data and need to be assessed before downstream analyses can be performed. While several algorithms and tools have been developed to perform individual quality control (QC) tasks, they are scattered in different packages across several programming environments. Comprehensive pipelines to streamline the process of generating and visualizing QC metrics are lacking. To address this need, we built the SCTK-QC pipeline within the singleCellTK R package (https://github.com/compbiomed/singleCellTK). Features in this pipeline include the ability to import data from 11 different preprocessing tools or file formats, perform empty droplet detection with 2 different algorithms, generate standard quality control metrics such as number of UMIs per cell or the percentage of mitochondrial counts, predict doublets using 6 different algorithms, and estimate ambient RNA. QC data can be exported to R and/or Python objects used in popular down-stream workflows. Results are visualized in an easy-to-read HTML report. This pipeline can also be used by non-computational users with an interactive graphical user interface developed with R/Shiny. Overall, the SCTK-QC pipeline will streamline and standardize QC analysis for scRNA-seq data across a variety of different single-cell transcriptomic platforms and preprocessing tools.

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