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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.

Cell annotation:

Cell annotation for the selected dataset

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Proportion of cell types:

The proportion of cell types in each sample of selected dataset

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The expression level of cell marker genes of each cell type.

Comparison between one cell type and others

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Top 20 cell markers of the selected cell type filtered by the avg_log2FC absolute value

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Figure 2:

Top 20 cell markers of the selected cell type filtered by the pct.1-pct.2 absolute value

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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


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KEGG pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type


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Figure 1:

The enriched KEGG pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 2:

The enriched KEGG pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 3:

The enriched KEGG pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 4:

The enriched KEGG pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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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


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GO-BP (Biological processes) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type


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The enriched GO-BP pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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The enriched GO-BP pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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The enriched GO-BP pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 4:

The enriched GO-BP pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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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


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GO-MF (Molecular function) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type


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The enriched GO-MF pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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The enriched GO-MF pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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The enriched GO-MF pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 4:

The enriched GO-MF pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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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


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GO-CC (Cellular component) pathways enriched in down-regulated cell markers in selected cell type


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Figure 1:

The enriched GO-CC pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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The enriched GO-CC pathways of up-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 3:

The enriched GO-CC pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the selected cell type


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Figure 4:

The enriched GO-CC pathways of down-regulated cell markers in the 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.

Comparison between one cell type and another


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Figure 1:

Top 20 DEGs of the selected cell types filtered by the avg_log2FC absolute value


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Figure 2:

Top 20 DEGs of the selected cell types filtered by the Pct.1-Pct.2 absolute value


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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.

KEGG pathway enrichment of DEGs between selected two cell types


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The enriched KEGG pathways of DEGs between selected two cell types


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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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The enriched GO-BP pathways of DEGs between selected two cell types

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Figure 2:

The enriched GO-MF pathways of DEGs between selected two cell types

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Figure 3:

The enriched GO-CC pathways 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.

DEGs of each cell type between AD and control


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DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control


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Figure 2:

The Z-score of top 20 DEGs’ expression in each cell type in AD and control groups


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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.

KEGG pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control


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The enriched KEGG pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control


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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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Figure 1:

The enriched GO-BP pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control


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Figure 2:

The enriched GO-MF pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and control


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Figure 3:

The enriched GO-CC pathways 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.

DEGs of each cell type between AD and MCI


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DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI


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The Z-score of top 20 DEGs’ expression in each cell type in AD and MCI groups


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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.

KEGG pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI


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The enriched KEGG pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI


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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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Figure 1:

The enriched GO-BP pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI


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The enriched GO-MF pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between AD and MCI


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Figure 3:

The enriched GO-CC pathways 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.

DEGs of each cell type between Braak groups


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DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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The Z-score of top 20 DEGs’ expression in each cell type in braak groups


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The expression distribution of the inputted gene in two braak groups.

The KEGG pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in braak groups.

KEGG pathway enrichment of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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The enriched KEGG pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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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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Figure 1:

The enriched GO-BP pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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Figure 2:

The enriched GO-MF pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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Figure 3:

The enriched GO-CC pathways of DEGs of selected cell type between Braak groups


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Tutorial and DataSets


Data record details from the GEO database

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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.

Cell communication results

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The total number of interactions and interaction strength for each group

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The number of interactions and interaction strength between the selected source and target cells

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Figure 3:

The total number of interactions

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Figure 4:

The total interaction strength

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The similarity analysis of signal network.

Functional plot:

Identifying signal groups based on functional similarity

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Structure plot:

Identifying signal groups based on structural similarity

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The information flow of each signal pathway between groups.

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Information flow of each signaling pathway in each group

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Strength of incoming signal of each pathway in each cell type

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Strength of outgoing signal of each pathway in each cell type

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Strength of overall signal of each pathway in each cell type

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The communication probability of signal ligand-receptor pairs between the selected cell type and an arbitrary cell type.

Bubble plot:

The communication probability of L-R pair between the selected cell type and an arbitrary cell type.

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Gene expression of enrichment signaling pathway between different groups

DEGs in selected pathways between two groups

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Violin plot:

The gene expression distribution of selected singal pathway

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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.


Trajectory diagram:

Cell trajectory plots displayed by cell type and pseudo-time

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Faceted diagram:

Faceted cell trajectory plots displayed by cell type

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Density plot:

Cell density plot and hill plot along the time axis displayed by cell type

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Trajectory diagrams:

Cell trajectory plots displayed by cell state and pseudo-time

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Faceted diagram:

Faceted cell trajectory plots displayed by cell state

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Density plot:

Cell density plot and hill plot along the time axis displayed by cell state

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Table and Expression plot:

The differential genes sought according to pseudo-time function

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Cell trajectory plot displayed by selected gene expression

Faceted plot:

Faceted cell trajectory plots displayed by selected gene expression

Pseudo-time plots:

Plots of selected gene expression changes with pseudo-time

Cell state plots:

Plots of selected gene expression changes with cell state

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