RNA Velocity
RNA velocity is a computational method that infers the future developmental state of individual cells from single-cell RNA-sequencing data. Developed by La Manno and colleagues in 2018, RNA velocity analysis measures the direction and pace of cell state transitions by analyzing the ratio of unspliced to spliced mRNA transcripts within individual cells. This enables prediction of cell trajectories and differentiation pathways without requiring temporal sampling or manipulation, providing unique insights into cell fate decisions during development and disease.
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- La Manno, G., Soldatov, R., Zeisel, A., Braun, E., Hochgerner, H., Petukhov, V., & Merad, M. (2018). RNA velocity of single cells. Nature, 560(7737), 494–498. · DOI 10.1038/s41586-018-0414-6
- Bergen, V., Lange, M., Peidli, S., Wolf, F. A., & Raj, B. (2020). Generalizing RNA velocity to transient cell states through smoothed differentiation of expected counts. Nature Biotechnology, 38(12), 1408–1417. · DOI 10.1038/s41587-020-0591-3
- Chen, H., & Albergante, L. (2022). scVelo: RNA velocity at single-cell resolution. bioRxiv. · URL
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