# Unfiltered human PBMCs (10X Genomics) ## Introduction Here, we describe a brief analysis of the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) dataset from 10X Genomics [@zheng2017massively]. The data are publicly available from the [10X Genomics website](https://support.10xgenomics.com/single-cell-gene-expression/datasets/2.1.0/pbmc4k), from which we download the raw gene/barcode count matrices, i.e., before cell calling from the _CellRanger_ pipeline. ## Data loading ```r library(DropletTestFiles) raw.path <- getTestFile("tenx-2.1.0-pbmc4k/1.0.0/raw.tar.gz") out.path <- file.path(tempdir(), "pbmc4k") untar(raw.path, exdir=out.path) library(DropletUtils) fname <- file.path(out.path, "raw_gene_bc_matrices/GRCh38") sce.pbmc <- read10xCounts(fname, col.names=TRUE) ``` ```r library(scater) rownames(sce.pbmc) <- uniquifyFeatureNames( rowData(sce.pbmc)$ID, rowData(sce.pbmc)$Symbol) library(EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86) location <- mapIds(EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86, keys=rowData(sce.pbmc)$ID, column="SEQNAME", keytype="GENEID") ``` ## Quality control We perform cell detection using the `emptyDrops()` algorithm, as discussed in [Advanced Section 7.2](http://bioconductor.org/books/3.14/OSCA.advanced/droplet-processing.html#qc-droplets). ```r set.seed(100) e.out <- emptyDrops(counts(sce.pbmc)) sce.pbmc <- sce.pbmc[,which(e.out$FDR <= 0.001)] ``` ```r unfiltered <- sce.pbmc ``` We use a relaxed QC strategy and only remove cells with large mitochondrial proportions, using it as a proxy for cell damage. This reduces the risk of removing cell types with low RNA content, especially in a heterogeneous PBMC population with many different cell types. ```r stats <- perCellQCMetrics(sce.pbmc, subsets=list(Mito=which(location=="MT"))) high.mito <- isOutlier(stats$subsets_Mito_percent, type="higher") sce.pbmc <- sce.pbmc[,!high.mito] ``` ```r summary(high.mito) ``` ``` ## Mode FALSE TRUE ## logical 3985 315 ``` ```r colData(unfiltered) <- cbind(colData(unfiltered), stats) unfiltered$discard <- high.mito gridExtra::grid.arrange( plotColData(unfiltered, y="sum", colour_by="discard") + scale_y_log10() + ggtitle("Total count"), plotColData(unfiltered, y="detected", colour_by="discard") + scale_y_log10() + ggtitle("Detected features"), plotColData(unfiltered, y="subsets_Mito_percent", colour_by="discard") + ggtitle("Mito percent"), ncol=2 ) ```
Distribution of various QC metrics in the PBMC dataset after cell calling. Each point is a cell and is colored according to whether it was discarded by the mitochondrial filter.

(\#fig:unref-unfiltered-pbmc-qc)Distribution of various QC metrics in the PBMC dataset after cell calling. Each point is a cell and is colored according to whether it was discarded by the mitochondrial filter.

```r plotColData(unfiltered, x="sum", y="subsets_Mito_percent", colour_by="discard") + scale_x_log10() ```
Proportion of mitochondrial reads in each cell of the PBMC dataset compared to its total count.

(\#fig:unref-unfiltered-pbmc-mito)Proportion of mitochondrial reads in each cell of the PBMC dataset compared to its total count.

## Normalization ```r library(scran) set.seed(1000) clusters <- quickCluster(sce.pbmc) sce.pbmc <- computeSumFactors(sce.pbmc, cluster=clusters) sce.pbmc <- logNormCounts(sce.pbmc) ``` ```r summary(sizeFactors(sce.pbmc)) ``` ``` ## Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. ## 0.007 0.712 0.875 1.000 1.099 12.254 ``` ```r plot(librarySizeFactors(sce.pbmc), sizeFactors(sce.pbmc), pch=16, xlab="Library size factors", ylab="Deconvolution factors", log="xy") ```
Relationship between the library size factors and the deconvolution size factors in the PBMC dataset.

(\#fig:unref-unfiltered-pbmc-norm)Relationship between the library size factors and the deconvolution size factors in the PBMC dataset.

## Variance modelling ```r set.seed(1001) dec.pbmc <- modelGeneVarByPoisson(sce.pbmc) top.pbmc <- getTopHVGs(dec.pbmc, prop=0.1) ``` ```r plot(dec.pbmc$mean, dec.pbmc$total, pch=16, cex=0.5, xlab="Mean of log-expression", ylab="Variance of log-expression") curfit <- metadata(dec.pbmc) curve(curfit$trend(x), col='dodgerblue', add=TRUE, lwd=2) ```
Per-gene variance as a function of the mean for the log-expression values in the PBMC dataset. Each point represents a gene (black) with the mean-variance trend (blue) fitted to simulated Poisson counts.

(\#fig:unref-unfiltered-pbmc-var)Per-gene variance as a function of the mean for the log-expression values in the PBMC dataset. Each point represents a gene (black) with the mean-variance trend (blue) fitted to simulated Poisson counts.

## Dimensionality reduction ```r set.seed(10000) sce.pbmc <- denoisePCA(sce.pbmc, subset.row=top.pbmc, technical=dec.pbmc) set.seed(100000) sce.pbmc <- runTSNE(sce.pbmc, dimred="PCA") set.seed(1000000) sce.pbmc <- runUMAP(sce.pbmc, dimred="PCA") ``` We verify that a reasonable number of PCs is retained. ```r ncol(reducedDim(sce.pbmc, "PCA")) ``` ``` ## [1] 9 ``` ## Clustering ```r g <- buildSNNGraph(sce.pbmc, k=10, use.dimred = 'PCA') clust <- igraph::cluster_walktrap(g)$membership colLabels(sce.pbmc) <- factor(clust) ``` ```r table(colLabels(sce.pbmc)) ``` ``` ## ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ## 205 508 541 56 374 125 46 432 302 867 47 155 166 61 84 16 ``` ```r plotTSNE(sce.pbmc, colour_by="label") ```
Obligatory $t$-SNE plot of the PBMC dataset, where each point represents a cell and is colored according to the assigned cluster.

(\#fig:unref-unfiltered-pbmc-tsne)Obligatory $t$-SNE plot of the PBMC dataset, where each point represents a cell and is colored according to the assigned cluster.

## Interpretation ```r markers <- findMarkers(sce.pbmc, pval.type="some", direction="up") ``` We examine the markers for cluster 8 in more detail. High expression of _CD14_, _CD68_ and _MNDA_ combined with low expression of _CD16_ suggests that this cluster contains monocytes, compared to macrophages in cluster 15 (Figure \@ref(fig:unref-mono-pbmc-markers)). ```r marker.set <- markers[["8"]] as.data.frame(marker.set[1:30,1:3]) ``` ``` ## p.value FDR summary.logFC ## CSTA 7.171e-222 2.016e-217 2.4179 ## MNDA 1.197e-221 2.016e-217 2.6615 ## FCN1 2.376e-213 2.669e-209 2.6381 ## S100A12 4.393e-212 3.701e-208 3.0809 ## VCAN 1.711e-199 1.153e-195 2.2604 ## TYMP 1.174e-154 6.590e-151 2.0238 ## AIF1 3.674e-149 1.768e-145 2.4604 ## LGALS2 4.005e-137 1.687e-133 1.8928 ## MS4A6A 5.640e-134 2.111e-130 1.5457 ## FGL2 2.045e-124 6.889e-121 1.3859 ## RP11-1143G9.4 6.892e-122 2.111e-118 2.8042 ## AP1S2 1.786e-112 5.015e-109 1.7704 ## CD14 1.195e-110 3.098e-107 1.4260 ## CFD 6.870e-109 1.654e-105 1.3560 ## GPX1 9.049e-107 2.033e-103 2.4014 ## TNFSF13B 3.920e-95 8.256e-92 1.1151 ## KLF4 3.310e-94 6.560e-91 1.2049 ## GRN 4.801e-91 8.987e-88 1.3815 ## NAMPT 2.490e-90 4.415e-87 1.1439 ## CLEC7A 7.736e-88 1.303e-84 1.0616 ## S100A8 3.125e-84 5.014e-81 4.8052 ## SERPINA1 1.580e-82 2.420e-79 1.3843 ## CD36 8.018e-79 1.175e-75 1.0538 ## MPEG1 8.482e-79 1.191e-75 0.9778 ## CD68 5.119e-78 6.899e-75 0.9481 ## CYBB 1.201e-77 1.556e-74 1.0300 ## S100A11 1.175e-72 1.466e-69 1.8962 ## RBP7 2.467e-71 2.969e-68 0.9666 ## BLVRB 3.763e-71 4.372e-68 0.9701 ## CD302 9.859e-71 1.107e-67 0.8792 ``` ```r plotExpression(sce.pbmc, features=c("CD14", "CD68", "MNDA", "FCGR3A"), x="label", colour_by="label") ```
Distribution of expression values for monocyte and macrophage markers across clusters in the PBMC dataset.

(\#fig:unref-mono-pbmc-markers)Distribution of expression values for monocyte and macrophage markers across clusters in the PBMC dataset.

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