Single-cell Transcriptome Study as Big Data

Autor: Wei Lin, Pingjian Yu
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 21-30 (2016)
ISSN: 2210-3244
Popis: The rapid growth of single-cell RNA-seq studies (scRNA-seq) demands efficient data storage, processing, and analysis. Big-data technology provides a framework that facilitates the comprehensive discovery of biological signals from inter-institutional scRNA-seq datasets. The strategies to solve the stochastic and heterogeneous single-cell transcriptome signal are discussed in this article. After extensively reviewing the available big-data applications of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based studies, we propose a workflow that accounts for the unique characteristics of scRNA-seq data and primary objectives of single-cell studies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE