cellCellSimulate functionHere, we explain the way to generate CCI simulation data. scTensor
has a function cellCellSimulate to generate the simulation
data.
The simplest way to generate such data is
cellCellSimulate with default parameters.
## Getting the values of params...
## Setting random seed...
## Generating simulation data...
## Done!
This function internally generate the parameter sets by
newCCSParams, and the values of the parameter can be
changed, and specified as the input of cellCellSimulate by
users as follows.
## Formal class 'CCSParams' [package "scTensor"] with 5 slots
## ..@ nGene : num 1000
## ..@ nCell : num [1:3] 50 50 50
## ..@ cciInfo:List of 4
## .. ..$ nPair: num 500
## .. ..$ CCI1 :List of 4
## .. .. ..$ LPattern: num [1:3] 1 0 0
## .. .. ..$ RPattern: num [1:3] 0 1 0
## .. .. ..$ nGene : num 50
## .. .. ..$ fc : chr "E10"
## .. ..$ CCI2 :List of 4
## .. .. ..$ LPattern: num [1:3] 0 1 0
## .. .. ..$ RPattern: num [1:3] 0 0 1
## .. .. ..$ nGene : num 50
## .. .. ..$ fc : chr "E10"
## .. ..$ CCI3 :List of 4
## .. .. ..$ LPattern: num [1:3] 0 0 1
## .. .. ..$ RPattern: num [1:3] 1 0 0
## .. .. ..$ nGene : num 50
## .. .. ..$ fc : chr "E10"
## ..@ lambda : num 1
## ..@ seed : num 1234
# Setting different parameters
# No. of genes : 1000
setParam(params, "nGene") <- 1000
# 3 cell types, 20 cells in each cell type
setParam(params, "nCell") <- c(20, 20, 20)
# Setting for Ligand-Receptor pair list
setParam(params, "cciInfo") <- list(
nPair=500, # Total number of L-R pairs
# 1st CCI
CCI1=list(
LPattern=c(1,0,0), # Only 1st cell type has this pattern
RPattern=c(0,1,0), # Only 2nd cell type has this pattern
nGene=50, # 50 pairs are generated as CCI1
fc="E10"), # Degree of differential expression (Fold Change)
# 2nd CCI
CCI2=list(
LPattern=c(0,1,0),
RPattern=c(0,0,1),
nGene=30,
fc="E100")
)
# Degree of Dropout
setParam(params, "lambda") <- 10
# Random number seed
setParam(params, "seed") <- 123
# Simulation data
sim <- cellCellSimulate(params)## Getting the values of params...
## Setting random seed...
## Generating simulation data...
## Done!
The output object sim has some attributes as follows.
Firstly, sim$input contains a synthetic gene expression matrix. The size can be changed by nGene and nCell parameters described above.
## [1] 1000 60
## Cell1 Cell2 Cell3
## Gene1 9105 2 0
## Gene2 4 37 850
Next, sim$LR contains a ligand-receptor (L-R) pair list. The size can be changed by nPair parameter of cciInfo, and the differentially expressed (DE) L-R pairs are saved in the upper side of this matrix. Here, two DE L-R patterns are specified as cciInfo, and each number of pairs is 50 and 30, respectively.
## [1] 500 2
## GENEID_L GENEID_R
## 1 Gene1 Gene81
## 2 Gene2 Gene82
## 3 Gene3 Gene83
## 4 Gene4 Gene84
## 5 Gene5 Gene85
## 6 Gene6 Gene86
## 7 Gene7 Gene87
## 8 Gene8 Gene88
## 9 Gene9 Gene89
## 10 Gene10 Gene90
## GENEID_L GENEID_R
## 46 Gene46 Gene126
## 47 Gene47 Gene127
## 48 Gene48 Gene128
## 49 Gene49 Gene129
## 50 Gene50 Gene130
## 51 Gene51 Gene131
## 52 Gene52 Gene132
## 53 Gene53 Gene133
## 54 Gene54 Gene134
## 55 Gene55 Gene135
## GENEID_L GENEID_R
## 491 Gene571 Gene991
## 492 Gene572 Gene992
## 493 Gene573 Gene993
## 494 Gene574 Gene994
## 495 Gene575 Gene995
## 496 Gene576 Gene996
## 497 Gene577 Gene997
## 498 Gene578 Gene998
## 499 Gene579 Gene999
## 500 Gene580 Gene1000
Finally, sim$celltypes contains a cell type vector. Since nCell is specified as “c(20, 20, 20)” described above, three cell types are generated.
## [1] 60
## Celltype1 Celltype1 Celltype1 Celltype1 Celltype1 Celltype1
## "Cell1" "Cell2" "Cell3" "Cell4" "Cell5" "Cell6"
##
## Celltype1 Celltype2 Celltype3
## 20 20 20
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