差异细胞信号测试用于通过dominoSignal从单细胞数据推断细胞-细胞通信
Jacob T Mitchell1,2,3,4,5, Orian Stapleton1,2,3,4,6, Kavita Krishnan6,7
1Department of Oncology, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|July 14, 2025
概括
我们开发了dominoSignal,这是一个新的软件工具,用于统计识别单细胞数据中的差异细胞信号. 这种工具使得在各种生物条件和实验性干扰中对细胞间通信变化的强有力的分析成为可能.
科学领域:
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
- 单细胞基因组学 单细胞基因组学
- 系统生物学 系统生物学
背景情况:
- 灵受体网络推断算法通过单细胞数据估计细胞与细胞之间的通信.
- 现有的方法缺乏统计方法来识别条件之间的显著差异信号.
- 之前的工作介绍了Domino用于基于基因表达和转录因子活性的细胞通信推断.
研究的目的:
- 开发dominoSignal软件,用于统计测试差分蜂信号.
- 扩展多米诺算法的功能,用于比较分析.
- 为分析多个主体单细胞数据集中的细胞-细胞通信提供一个强大的方法.
主要方法:
- 开发了DominoSignal软件,包括对差分信号的统计测试.
- 实现了功能,用于在多个主体中编译活跃信号,并测试条件依赖的链接.
- 利用模拟研究对所需的受试者和细胞数量进行基准测试,以准确识别差异链接.
主要成果:
- 软件DominoSignal可以进行细胞对细胞通信网络的统计严格比较.
- 模拟研究为可靠差异分析所需的样本大小和细胞类型注释提供了指导方针.
- 在癌症研究中证明了差异细胞信号测试 (DCST) 的应用.
结论:
- dominoSignal提供了一个强大的新功能,用于推断细胞通信网络的变化.
- 差异细胞信号测试 (DCST) 可以揭示癌症表型和免疫治疗对瘤微环境通信的影响.
- 这种方法广泛适用于分析各种生物系统中的扰动.
相关概念视频
Cell-surface Signaling
Hormones—or any molecule that binds to a receptor, known as a ligand—that are lipid-insoluble (water-soluble) are not able to diffuse across the cell membrane. In order to be able to affect a cell without entering it, these hormones bind to receptors on the cell membrane. When a first messenger, a hormone, binds to a receptor, a signal cascade is set off, causing second messengers, proteins inside the cell, to become activated, resulting in downstream effects.
What is Cell Signaling?
Despite the protective membrane that separates a cell from the environment, cells need the ability to detect and respond to environmental changes. Additionally, cells often need to communicate with one another. Unicellular and multicellular organisms use a variety of cell signaling mechanisms to communicate to respond to the environment.
What is Cell Signaling?
Despite the protective membrane that separates a cell from the environment, cells need the ability to detect and respond to environmental changes. Additionally, cells often need to communicate with one another. Unicellular and multicellular organisms use a variety of cell signaling mechanisms to communicate to respond to the environment.
Overview of Cell Signaling
Despite the protective membrane that separates a cell from the environment, cells need the ability to detect and respond to environmental changes. Additionally, cells often need to communicate with one another. Unicellular and multicellular organisms use a variety of cell signaling mechanisms to communicate with the environment.
Cells respond to many types of information, often through receptor proteins positioned on the membrane. For example, skin cells respond to and transmit touch...
Cells respond to many types of information, often through receptor proteins positioned on the membrane. For example, skin cells respond to and transmit touch...
Diversity in Cell Signaling Responses
The physiological function of a cell and cellular communication are outcomes of a range of extrinsic signals, intracellular signaling pathways, and cellular responses. No two cell types express the same repertoire of signaling components. Receptors are highly selective for their cognate ligands, but once activated, they can alter multiple cellular processes such as DNA transcription, protein synthesis, and metabolic activity.
Graded and Abrupt Responses
Some signaling systems generate...
Graded and Abrupt Responses
Some signaling systems generate...
Overview of Cell Signaling
Despite the protective membrane that separates a cell from the environment, cells need the ability to detect and respond to environmental changes. Additionally, cells often need to communicate with one another. Unicellular and multicellular organisms use a variety of cell signaling mechanisms to communicate with the environment.
Cells respond to many types of information, often through receptor proteins positioned on the membrane. For example, skin cells respond to and transmit touch...
Cells respond to many types of information, often through receptor proteins positioned on the membrane. For example, skin cells respond to and transmit touch...


