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xCell 2.0: robust algorithm for cell type proportion estimation predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade.

Almog Angel¹, Loai Naom¹, Shir Nabet-Levy²

¹Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

|October 4, 2025

Summary

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xCell 2.0 enhances cell type deconvolution from gene expression data, offering superior accuracy and consistency across diverse biological contexts. This advanced algorithm improves predictions for complex diseases like cancer by better estimating tumor microenvironment cell proportions.

Keywords:

Bioinformatics Cellular deconvolution Immunotherapy

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Area of Science:

Computational biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics

Background:

Accurate cell type proportion estimation from bulk gene expression is crucial for understanding tissue heterogeneity in diseases.
Existing methods face challenges with diverse reference datasets and complex cellular dependencies.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce xCell 2.0, an improved algorithm for cell type deconvolution.
Enhance the accuracy and robustness of cell type signature generation and estimation.

Main Methods:

Developed xCell 2.0 with a novel training function adaptable to any reference dataset.
Implemented automated handling of cell type dependencies for more robust signature generation.
Benchmarked xCell 2.0 against eleven deconvolution methods using extensive human and mouse datasets.

Main Results:

xCell 2.0 demonstrated superior accuracy and consistency compared to eleven popular deconvolution methods across diverse reference sets and biological contexts.
The algorithm showed improved performance in minimizing spillover effects between related cell types.
xCell 2.0-derived tumor microenvironment features significantly enhanced pan-cancer immune cell checkpoint blockage response prediction accuracy.

Conclusions:

xCell 2.0 is a versatile and robust tool for cell type deconvolution, maintaining high performance across various reference types and biological contexts.
The tool is accessible via a web application and a Bioconductor package.
Pre-trained cell type signatures for human and mouse research are readily available.