articleBioinformaticsMay 9, 2019BRONZE OA

Comprehensive evaluation of transcriptome-based cell-type quantification methods for immuno-oncology

Technical University of Munich · Innsbruck Medical University · +7 more institutions

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MOTIVATION: The composition and density of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) profoundly influence tumor progression and success of anti-cancer therapies. Flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry staining or single-cell sequencing are often unavailable such that we rely on computational methods to estimate the immune-cell composition from bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data. Various methods have been proposed recently, yet their capabilities and limitations have not been evaluated systematically. A general guideline leading the research community through cell type deconvolution is missing. RESULTS: We developed a systematic approach for benchmarking such computational methods and assessed the accuracy…

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