Introduction
SCAD-Brain, a web-based platform and database for single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-Seq) data from Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain tissues.
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is extremely effective in interpreting the cellular heterogeneity of AD. With the development of scRNA-Seq technologies, a large amount of scRNA-seq data has been generated. Analyses of gene expression, cell communication, and cell trajectories of AD using scRNA-Seq are urgent needed to facilitate the understanding of the pathogenesis, cellular heterogeneity, and cell development of AD.
Here, we provided SCAD-Brain, which provides single-cell expression/interaction/trajectory profile that covering 17 scRNA-Seq projects, 21 datasets, 359 samples, 10 Brain regions, 16 cell types and their subtypes, and 1,564,825 cells. Based on these data, SCAD-Brain provides five modules:1) Cell markers, 2) Comparison between cell types, 3) DEGs between AD and normal (or between Braak stages), 4) Cell communication, and 5) Cell trajectory.
These modules performs:
Cell markers: Summary the marker genes, proportions, and biological pathways of each cell type.
Comparison between cell types: Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between two cell types, and their enriched KEGG and GO pathways.
DEGs between AD and normal: DEG between AD and Control, between AD and MCI, and between Braak staging groups, and their enriched KEGG and GO pathways.
Cell communication: Predicts and visualizes the ligand-receptor pairs that communicate cells.
Cell trajectory: Model the dynamic processes of cell differentiation and development trajectory.
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Cell markers analysis
The 'Cell markers' module analyzes the expression of cell markers in each cell type. The module provides functions including cell annotation, marker genes’ expression visualization, and pathway enrichment analysis.
Cell annotation and cell proportion of the selected data set.
The expression level of cell marker genes of each cell type.
The expression distribution of the inputted gene in each cell type.
The KEGG pathway enrichment of cell marker genes in each cell type
KEGG pathways enriched in up-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
KEGG pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
The GO-BP (biological processes) pathway enrichment of cell marker genes in each cell type
GO-BP (Biological processes) pathways enriched in up-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
GO-BP (Biological processes) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
The GO-MF (molecular function) pathway enrichment of cell marker genes in each cell type
GO-MF (Molecular function) pathways enriched in up-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
GO-MF (Molecular function) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
The GO-CC (cellular component) pathway enrichment of cell marker genes in each cell type
GO-CC (Cellular component) pathways enriched in up-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
GO-CC (Cellular component) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type
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Comparison between cell types
The 'Comparison between cell types' module calculates differentially expressed genes (DEGs ) between two cell types. The module provides sub-modules including DEGs, Search a gene, and pathway enrichment analysis.
The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between selected two cell types.
The expression distribution of the inputted gene in selected two cell types.
The KEGG pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in selected two cell types.
The GO pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in selected two cell types.
GO enrichment of DEGs between selected two cell types
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AD vs control
The SCAD-Brain 'AD vs control' module analyzes the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the AD and control groups. The module provides sub-modules including DEGs, Search a gene, and pathway enrichment analysis.
Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between AD and control groups.
The expression distribution of the inputted gene in AD and control groups.
The KEGG pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in AD and control groups.
The GO pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in AD and control groups.
GO pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control
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AD vs MCI
The SCAD-Brain 'AD vs MCI' module analyzes the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the AD and MCI groups. The module provides sub-modules including DEGs, Search a gene, and pathway enrichment analysis.
Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between AD and control groups.
The expression distribution of the inputted gene in AD and MCI groups.
The KEGG pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in AD and MCI groups.
The GO pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in AD and MCI groups.
GO pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI
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Braak stages
The SCAD-Brain 'Braak staging' module analyzes the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the braak groups. The module provides sub-modules including DEGs, Search a gene, and pathway enrichment analysis.
Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between braak groups.
The expression distribution of the inputted gene in two braak groups.
The KEGG pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in braak groups.
The GO pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in braak groups.
GO pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups
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Tutorial and DataSets
Data record details from the GEO database
Data record details from the Synapse database
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Cell communication
The 'Cell Communication' module analyzes cell-cell communication between cell types in terms of secreted signaling in AD and normal groups. The module performs cell-cell communication prediction, identifies the conserved and context-specific signaling pathways between cells, and estimates the communication probability of ligand-receptor pairs.
The number and strength of interactions between cell types.
The similarity analysis of signal network.
The information flow of each signal pathway between groups.
The communication probability of signal ligand-receptor pairs between the selected cell type and an arbitrary cell type.
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Cell trajectory
SCAD-Brain performs trajectory analysis to model the dynamic processes of cells based on single cell transcriptomics data. It orders cells along a trajectory based on similarities in their expression patterns and assigns them a pseudotime value that represents their relative position on the trajectory.
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