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Quantifying batch effects for individual genes in single-cell data.

Yang Zhou^1,2, Qiongyu Sheng^1,2, Guohua Wang³

¹School of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

Nature Computational Science

|June 27, 2025

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Batch effects in single-cell experiments can be quantified using group technical effects (GTE). This metric reveals that a few highly batch-sensitive genes (HBGs) drive most observed batch variations, enabling better data integration.

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Area of Science:

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Single-cell experiments generate valuable data but are susceptible to batch effects.
Existing methods often focus on cell-level alignment, neglecting gene-specific batch variations.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel metric, group technical effects (GTE), for quantifying gene-level batch effects.
To assess the impact of individual genes on overall batch variation in single-cell data.

Main Methods:

Developed the group technical effects (GTE) metric to quantify batch effects at the gene level.
Applied GTE to identify highly batch-sensitive genes (HBGs) within datasets.
Evaluated GTE's performance against existing batch effect quantification methods.

Main Results:

Batch effects are unevenly distributed across genes, with a subset of HBGs dominating the variation.
As few as three HBGs can introduce significant batch effects.
GTE effectively quantifies cell-level batch effects, outperforming current methods.
Biologically similar cell types exhibit similar batch effect patterns.

Conclusions:

GTE provides a powerful tool for understanding and addressing gene-level batch effects in single-cell omics.
Identifying HBGs can inform more accurate data integration strategies.
The GTE method is broadly applicable across various single-cell omics data types.