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Diffusion pseudotime robustly reconstructs lineage branching.

Authors :
Haghverdi L
Büttner M
Wolf FA
Buettner F
Theis FJ
Source :
Nature methods [Nat Methods] 2016 Oct; Vol. 13 (10), pp. 845-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Aug 29.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The temporal order of differentiating cells is intrinsically encoded in their single-cell expression profiles. We describe an efficient way to robustly estimate this order according to diffusion pseudotime (DPT), which measures transitions between cells using diffusion-like random walks. Our DPT software implementations make it possible to reconstruct the developmental progression of cells and identify transient or metastable states, branching decisions and differentiation endpoints.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1548-7105
Volume :
13
Issue :
10
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nature methods
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27571553
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3971