A dynamical perspective: moving towards mechanism in single-cell transcriptomics

RJ Maizels - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As the field of single-cell transcriptomics matures, research is shifting focus from
phenomenological descriptions of cellular phenotypes to a mechanistic understanding of the …

sciCSR infers B cell state transition and predicts class-switch recombination dynamics using single-cell transcriptomic data

JCF Ng, G Montamat Garcia, AT Stewart, P Blair… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Class-switch recombination (CSR) is an integral part of B cell maturation. Here we present
sciCSR (pronounced 'scissor', single-cell inference of class-switch recombination), a …

Deep generative models in single-cell omics

I Rivero-Garcia, M Torres, F Sánchez-Cabo - Computers in Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Generative Models (DGMs) are becoming instrumental for inferring
probability distributions inherent to complex processes, such as most questions in …

Inferring single-cell transcriptomic dynamics with structured latent gene expression dynamics

S Farrell, M Mani, S Goyal - Cell Reports Methods, 2023 - cell.com
Gene expression dynamics provide directional information for trajectory inference from
single-cell RNA sequencing data. Traditional approaches compute RNA velocity using strict …

Model-based inference of RNA velocity modules improves cell fate prediction

A Aivazidis, F Memi, V Kleshchevnikov, B Clarke… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
RNA velocity is a powerful paradigm that exploits the temporal information contained in
spliced and unspliced RNA counts to infer transcriptional dynamics. Existing velocity models …

Pyro-Velocity: Probabilistic RNA Velocity inference from single-cell data

Q Qin, E Bingham, G La Manno, DM Langenau… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Single-cell RNA Velocity has dramatically advanced our ability to model cellular
differentiation and cell fate decisions. However, current preprocessing choices and model …

Single-nucleus RNA velocity reveals critical synaptic and cell-cycle dysregulations in neuropathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease

Q Adewale, AF Khan, DA Bennett, Y Iturria-Medina - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Typical differential single-nucleus gene expression (snRNA-seq) analyses in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) provide fixed snapshots of cellular alterations, making the accurate detection …

Statistical inference with a manifold-constrained RNA velocity model uncovers cell cycle speed modulations

AR Lederer, M Leonardi, L Talamanca, A Herrera… - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Across a range of biological processes, cells undergo coordinated changes in gene
expression, resulting in transcriptome dynamics that unfold within a low-dimensional …

Dissection and integration of bursty transcriptional dynamics for complex systems

CF Gao, S Vaikuntanathan… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
RNA velocity estimation is a potentially powerful tool to reveal the directionality of
transcriptional changes in single-cell RNA-sequencing data, but it lacks accuracy, absent …

Reconstructing developmental trajectories using latent dynamical systems and time-resolved transcriptomics

RJ Maizels, DM Snell, J Briscoe - Cell Systems, 2024 - cell.com
The snapshot nature of single-cell transcriptomics presents a challenge for studying the
dynamics of cell fate decisions. Metabolic labeling and splicing can provide temporal …