tSNE is run on the single-cell data and cells are colored by Animal ID, Group, or cluster in the 2D projection. Neither Group nor Animal ID explain the clustering of cells. The cluster label is included as a covariate in a MAST linear model to identify genes differentially expressed between clusters.
The following linear model is fit to the data:
~ AnimalID*Groups+CDR+cluster:Groups
We identify genes differentially expressed between clusters in each group.
Violin plots of the genes differentially expressed between clusters are shown.
Cells don’t express CD3e or CD40LG, and have increased expression of NLRP3 and RORA. These are likely monocytes. Additionally, they are only found in group 0 (uninfected).
We filter out cells that are CD3e negative or NLRP3 positive or NOD2 positive and if they belong to the outlier cluster. This removes 60 cells.
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## FALSE TRUE
## 34 670
After filtering we re-fit the model, omitting the cluster variable.
## CD28 GABPA ICOS NKG7 TCF7
## 15 38 41 66 85
We show genes differentially expressed in each animal, when compared to uninfected cells. Significance is called at the 10% FDR level, adjusted across all genes.
A similar model is fit to animal AY69, which has three tissues (LN, PBMC, and Jejunum). Indepdent tests are performed for each tissue. Genes reported as DE are at the 10% FDR level, adjusted across all genes.
We can look at the bivariate confidence ellipse (for the continuous and discrete components of expression) of each gene’s point estimate in each group, for each animal, based on the model estimates. If two ellipses don’t overlap, this, approximately, indicates a significant difference.
## primer Animal cellgroup muC seC muD seD
## 1: APOBEC3F AY69 g0 17.28588 0.1200693 0.009417651 0.1468569
## 2: APOBEC3F AY69 g1 17.44209 0.1820942 -0.570155755 0.1969813
## 3: APOBEC3F Ay69 g2 15.81411 0.5150401 0.208818526 0.6475096
## 4: APOBEC3F AY69 g3a 18.23677 0.5150401 -0.559554688 0.5423907
## 5: APOBEC3F AY69 g3b 17.69310 0.3324569 0.520564093 0.4661673
## ---
## 445: XPO1 AY69 g0 19.54257 0.1169881 0.769784915 0.1577187
## 446: XPO1 AY69 g1 19.48299 0.1490566 0.817009136 0.2051955
## 447: XPO1 Ay69 g2 20.02417 0.5339750 0.698726660 0.6811013
## 448: XPO1 AY69 g3a 20.14398 0.4943647 0.033560986 0.5228229
## 449: XPO1 AY69 g3b 19.78847 0.3172284 2.031702300 0.6890027
Here we show violin plots of the differentially expressed genes in lymph node in animal AY69.
Here we show the bivariate point estimates and confidence ellipses for the DE genes in Lymph node.
## primer Animal cellgroup muC seC muD seD
## 1: AIM2 AY69 g0 18.68581 0.17592577 0.08615153 0.1657271
## 2: AIM2 AY69 g1 18.82026 0.11082282 0.40476892 0.1148796
## 3: AIM2 AY69 g3a 18.56737 0.34067879 0.16119125 0.3270434
## 4: AIM2 AY69 g3b 18.91347 0.24089628 0.31934310 0.2426997
## 5: BAX AY69 g0 17.19384 0.19171122 -1.32182917 0.2024096
## ---
## 376: XAF1 AY69 g3b 18.21434 0.15263943 0.97315930 0.2682921
## 377: XPO1 AY69 g0 19.06652 0.11356562 1.71612260 0.2289976
## 378: XPO1 AY69 g1 19.22005 0.07523231 2.01491009 0.1744466
## 379: XPO1 AY69 g3a 19.31751 0.24140426 1.00864480 0.3675022
## 380: XPO1 AY69 g3b 19.61301 0.15679666 2.52148699 0.4513648
Differentially expressed genes (again same criteria as above) in PBMCs, for each animal.
Discrete and continuous point estimates and confidence ellipses, PBMCs, all animals.
## primer Animal cellgroup muC seC muD seD
## 1: AIM2 08D108 g0 17.82768 0.7556256 -2.4110923 0.3569520
## 2: AIM2 08D108 g1 17.96586 1.0097187 -2.2443356 0.5050283
## 3: AIM2 08D108 g3a 19.37373 2.0091234 -2.4206055 0.9851951
## 4: AIM2 08D108 g3b 17.16683 1.5150681 -2.7222757 0.7711352
## 5: AIM2 08D227 g0 17.99225 0.5450073 -2.4394749 0.2807331
## ---
## 1424: XAF1 AY69 g3b 18.78957 0.2928639 1.7527596 0.5972963
## 1425: XPO1 AY69 g0 18.60990 0.1701326 0.2922432 0.1372454
## 1426: XPO1 AY69 g1 19.04123 0.3101983 0.1159890 0.2383570
## 1427: XPO1 AY69 g3a 18.72624 0.6289541 0.2528756 0.4940894
## 1428: XPO1 AY69 g3b 19.14357 0.4717156 1.1283013 0.4976164
The Venn diagram shows the number of overlapping DE genes in PBMCs across the three animals.
Here, we show the overlapping DE genes in AY69 across the three tissues.
The heatmap shows the average expression of each DE gene in each animal x infection group.
The bar plots recapitulate what the heatmap shows. The y-axis is the Et, and the 95% confidence itnervals show the error about the estimates.
Here we show the same heatmaps and barplots for the PBMCs , Jejunum, and Lymph nodes in animal AY69.