# Muraro human pancreas (CEL-seq) ## Introduction This performs an analysis of the @muraro2016singlecell CEL-seq dataset, consisting of human pancreas cells from various donors. ## Data loading ``` r library(scRNAseq) sce.muraro <- MuraroPancreasData() ``` Converting back to Ensembl identifiers. ``` r library(AnnotationHub) edb <- AnnotationHub()[["AH73881"]] gene.symb <- sub("__chr.*$", "", rownames(sce.muraro)) gene.ids <- mapIds(edb, keys=gene.symb, keytype="SYMBOL", column="GENEID") # Removing duplicated genes or genes without Ensembl IDs. keep <- !is.na(gene.ids) & !duplicated(gene.ids) sce.muraro <- sce.muraro[keep,] rownames(sce.muraro) <- gene.ids[keep] ``` ## Quality control ``` r unfiltered <- sce.muraro ``` This dataset lacks mitochondrial genes so we will do without. For the one batch that seems to have a high proportion of low-quality cells, we compute an appropriate filter threshold using a shared median and MAD from the other batches (Figure \@ref(fig:unref-muraro-qc-dist)). ``` r library(scater) stats <- perCellQCMetrics(sce.muraro) qc <- quickPerCellQC(stats, percent_subsets="altexps_ERCC_percent", batch=sce.muraro$donor, subset=sce.muraro$donor!="D28") sce.muraro <- sce.muraro[,!qc$discard] ``` ``` r colData(unfiltered) <- cbind(colData(unfiltered), stats) unfiltered$discard <- qc$discard gridExtra::grid.arrange( plotColData(unfiltered, x="donor", y="sum", colour_by="discard") + scale_y_log10() + ggtitle("Total count"), plotColData(unfiltered, x="donor", y="detected", colour_by="discard") + scale_y_log10() + ggtitle("Detected features"), plotColData(unfiltered, x="donor", y="altexps_ERCC_percent", colour_by="discard") + ggtitle("ERCC percent"), ncol=2 ) ```
Distribution of each QC metric across cells from each donor in the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a cell and is colored according to whether that cell was discarded.

(\#fig:unref-muraro-qc-dist)Distribution of each QC metric across cells from each donor in the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a cell and is colored according to whether that cell was discarded.

We have a look at the causes of removal: ``` r colSums(as.matrix(qc)) ``` ``` ## low_lib_size low_n_features high_altexps_ERCC_percent ## 663 700 738 ## discard ## 773 ``` ## Normalization ``` r library(scran) set.seed(1000) clusters <- quickCluster(sce.muraro) sce.muraro <- computeSumFactors(sce.muraro, clusters=clusters) sce.muraro <- logNormCounts(sce.muraro) ``` ``` r summary(sizeFactors(sce.muraro)) ``` ``` ## Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. ## 0.0878 0.5411 0.8208 1.0000 1.2108 13.9869 ``` ``` r plot(librarySizeFactors(sce.muraro), sizeFactors(sce.muraro), pch=16, xlab="Library size factors", ylab="Deconvolution factors", log="xy") ```
Relationship between the library size factors and the deconvolution size factors in the Muraro pancreas dataset.

(\#fig:unref-muraro-norm)Relationship between the library size factors and the deconvolution size factors in the Muraro pancreas dataset.

## Variance modelling We block on a combined plate and donor factor. ``` r block <- paste0(sce.muraro$plate, "_", sce.muraro$donor) dec.muraro <- modelGeneVarWithSpikes(sce.muraro, "ERCC", block=block) top.muraro <- getTopHVGs(dec.muraro, prop=0.1) ``` ``` r par(mfrow=c(8,4)) blocked.stats <- dec.muraro$per.block for (i in colnames(blocked.stats)) { current <- blocked.stats[[i]] plot(current$mean, current$total, main=i, pch=16, cex=0.5, xlab="Mean of log-expression", ylab="Variance of log-expression") curfit <- metadata(current) points(curfit$mean, curfit$var, col="red", pch=16) curve(curfit$trend(x), col='dodgerblue', add=TRUE, lwd=2) } ```
Per-gene variance as a function of the mean for the log-expression values in the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a gene (black) with the mean-variance trend (blue) fitted to the spike-in transcripts (red) separately for each donor.

(\#fig:unref-muraro-variance)Per-gene variance as a function of the mean for the log-expression values in the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a gene (black) with the mean-variance trend (blue) fitted to the spike-in transcripts (red) separately for each donor.

## Data integration ``` r library(batchelor) set.seed(1001010) merged.muraro <- fastMNN(sce.muraro, subset.row=top.muraro, batch=sce.muraro$donor) ``` We use the proportion of variance lost as a diagnostic measure: ``` r metadata(merged.muraro)$merge.info$lost.var ``` ``` ## D28 D29 D30 D31 ## [1,] 0.060847 0.024121 0.000000 0.00000 ## [2,] 0.002646 0.003018 0.062421 0.00000 ## [3,] 0.003449 0.002641 0.002598 0.08162 ``` ## Dimensionality reduction ``` r set.seed(100111) merged.muraro <- runTSNE(merged.muraro, dimred="corrected") ``` ## Clustering ``` r snn.gr <- buildSNNGraph(merged.muraro, use.dimred="corrected") colLabels(merged.muraro) <- factor(igraph::cluster_walktrap(snn.gr)$membership) ``` ``` r tab <- table(Cluster=colLabels(merged.muraro), CellType=sce.muraro$label) library(pheatmap) pheatmap(log10(tab+10), color=viridis::viridis(100)) ```
Heatmap of the frequency of cells from each cell type label in each cluster.

(\#fig:unref-seger-heat)Heatmap of the frequency of cells from each cell type label in each cluster.

``` r table(Cluster=colLabels(merged.muraro), Donor=merged.muraro$batch) ``` ``` ## Donor ## Cluster D28 D29 D30 D31 ## 1 104 6 57 112 ## 2 59 21 77 97 ## 3 12 75 64 43 ## 4 28 149 126 120 ## 5 87 261 277 214 ## 6 21 7 54 26 ## 7 1 6 6 37 ## 8 6 6 5 2 ## 9 11 68 5 30 ## 10 4 2 5 8 ``` ``` r gridExtra::grid.arrange( plotTSNE(merged.muraro, colour_by="label"), plotTSNE(merged.muraro, colour_by="batch"), ncol=2 ) ```
Obligatory $t$-SNE plots of the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a cell that is colored by cluster (left) or batch (right).

(\#fig:unref-muraro-tsne)Obligatory $t$-SNE plots of the Muraro pancreas dataset. Each point represents a cell that is colored by cluster (left) or batch (right).

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