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scCausalVI, a new causal model, separates inherent cell differences from external influences in single-cell RNA sequencing data. This approach enhances understanding of cellular responses to stimuli and disease, like COVID-19.

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  • Genomics
  • Systems Biology

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  • Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) reveals cellular heterogeneity.
  • Distinguishing intrinsic cellular variation from external stimuli effects is challenging.
  • Accurate deconvolution is crucial for understanding cellular responses.

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  • Introduce scCausalVI, a causality-aware generative model.
  • Disentangle intrinsic cellular states from external perturbation effects.
  • Improve analysis of scRNA-seq data for biological insights.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a deep structural causal network to model causal mechanisms.
  • Integrated structural causal modeling with in silico prediction.
  • Accounted for technical variations and cell-state-specific responses.

Main Results:

  • scCausalVI effectively disentangles causal relationships and quantifies treatment effects.
  • The model generalizes to unseen cell types and separates biological from technical variation.
  • Applied to COVID-19 data, it identified treatment-responsive populations and susceptibility signatures.

Conclusions:

  • scCausalVI offers a robust framework for causal inference in scRNA-seq data.
  • The model enhances the ability to interpret cellular responses to perturbations.
  • Provides a powerful tool for analyzing complex biological systems and disease mechanisms.