Title
V-SVA: an R Shiny application for detecting and annotating hidden sources of variation in single cell RNA-seq data.
Abstract
Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology enables studying gene expression programs from individual cells. However, these data are subject to diverse sources of variation, including 'unwanted' variation that needs to be removed in downstream analyses (e.g. batch effects) and 'wanted' or biological sources of variation (e.g. variation associated with a cell type) that needs to be precisely described. Surrogate variable analysis (SVA)-based algorithms, are commonly used for batch correction and more recently for studying 'wanted' variation in scRNA-seq data. However, interpreting whether these variables are biologically meaningful or stemming from technical reasons remains a challenge. To facilitate the interpretation of surrogate variables detected by algorithms including IA-SVA, SVA or ZINB-WaVE, we developed an R Shiny application [Visual Surrogate Variable Analysis (V-SVA)] that provides a web-browser interface for the identification and annotation of hidden sources of variation in scRNA-seq data. This interactive framework includes tools for discovery of genes associated with detected sources of variation, gene annotation using publicly available databases and gene sets, and data visualization using dimension reduction methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa128
BIOINFORMATICS
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
36
11
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1367-4803
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nathan Lawlor100.34
Eladio J. Márquez210.68
Dong-Hyung Lee3215.57
Duygu Ucar434719.69