GraphPCA: a fast and interpretable dimension reduction algorithm for spatial transcriptomics data

Abstract The rapid advancement of spatial transcriptomics technologies has revolutionized our understanding of cell heterogeneity and intricate spatial structures within tissues and organs. However, the high dimensionality and noise in spatial transcriptomic data present significant challenges for d...

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Main Authors: Jiyuan Yang, Lu Wang, Lin Liu, Xiaoqi Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03429-x
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Summary:Abstract The rapid advancement of spatial transcriptomics technologies has revolutionized our understanding of cell heterogeneity and intricate spatial structures within tissues and organs. However, the high dimensionality and noise in spatial transcriptomic data present significant challenges for downstream data analyses. Here, we develop GraphPCA, an interpretable and quasi-linear dimension reduction algorithm that leverages the strengths of graphical regularization and principal component analysis. Comprehensive evaluations on simulated and multi-resolution spatial transcriptomic datasets generated from various platforms demonstrate the capacity of GraphPCA to enhance downstream analysis tasks including spatial domain detection, denoising, and trajectory inference compared to other state-of-the-art methods.
ISSN:1474-760X