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Accurate and interpretable gene expression imputation on scRNA-seq data using IGSimpute.

Ke Xu¹, ChinWang Cheong¹, Werner P Veldsman¹

¹Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

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IGSimpute accurately imputes missing values in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data using an interpretable gene selection layer. This method outperforms others, offering unbiased estimates and improving downstream analyses for large-scale single-cell studies.

Keywords:

deep neural network dropout imputation model interpretability single-cell RNA sequencing

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Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides high-resolution gene expression data, crucial for understanding cellular heterogeneity.
Excessive missing values in scRNA-seq data present a significant challenge for accurate downstream analysis.
Existing imputation methods often lack interpretability, limiting biological insights.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an accurate and interpretable imputation method for scRNA-seq data.
To address the limitations of current imputation techniques regarding performance and interpretability.
To provide a scalable solution for imputing large scRNA-seq datasets.

Main Methods:

Introduction of IGSimpute, a novel imputation method for scRNA-seq data.
Incorporation of an interpretable instance-wise gene selection layer (GSL) within the imputation framework.
Benchmarking IGSimpute against 12 state-of-the-art imputation methods across 17 diverse scRNA-seq datasets.

Main Results:

IGSimpute demonstrated superior imputation performance, achieving the lowest mean squared error on 13 out of 17 datasets.
The method provides unbiased estimates of missing values, irrespective of average gene expression levels.
Clustering analyses showed statistically significant improvements with IGSimpute-imputed data compared to other methods.
IGSimpute effectively denoised gene expression profiles by identifying and removing outlier expression values via the GSL.
Genes selected by the GSL were shown to be indicative of cell age in specific tissues.

Conclusions:

IGSimpute offers a highly accurate and interpretable solution for imputing missing values in scRNA-seq data.
The method's ability to denoise data and provide biologically relevant gene insights enhances its utility.
IGSimpute's scalability, demonstrated by its ability to process one million cells in 64 minutes, makes it suitable for large-scale single-cell genomics studies.