Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Mpath maps multi-branching single-cell trajectories revealing progenitor cell progression during development

  • Jinmiao Chen,
  • Andreas Schlitzer,
  • Svetoslav Chakarov,
  • Florent Ginhoux,
  • Michael Poidinger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11988
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The tools for constructing cell lineages from single cell data are limited. Here, the authors present Mpath: an algorithm to derive multi-branching trajectories using neighbourhood-based cell state transitions, and use this to predict developmental trajectories in dendritic and muscle cells.