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correct KH-doublet and c15 vs c11 confusion
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daskelly committed Oct 17, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -544,22 +544,25 @@ This looks better -- the markers are more specific.

In this violin plot we do have
some instances where a marker seems to be specific to two or three cell
clusters (e.g. Vsig4).
clusters (e.g. Lyve1).

Let's try to figure out what is going on with Vsig4:
In an older version of Seurat the gene Vsig4 was
also picked out. Let's try to figure out what is going on with Vsig4:

```{r vsig4}
FeaturePlot(liver, "Vsig4", cols = c('lightgrey', 'red'), label = TRUE,
label.size = 6)
```

This is marking clusters c3 and c15.
Clusters c3 and c8 are very near each other. Vsig4 is an immune
This is marking clusters c3 and a small cluster
that may be labeled as c15
(or may be part of c11).
Vsig4 is an immune
protein (V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 4).
The protein
[is expressed](https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000155659-VSIG4/tissue)
selectively in -- among other cell types -- Kupffer cells,
which are the resident macrophages in the liver. Clusters c3 and c8 may be
which are the resident macrophages in the liver. Cluster c3 may be
Kupffer cells. Let's check a famous macrophage marker,
F4/80 (gene name Adgre1):

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label.size = 6)
```

Cluster c15 expresses *Adgre1* but is near the hepatocyte cluster
Cluster c15 (if it exists)
expresses *Adgre1* but is near the hepatocyte cluster
we just discussed. In fact it is located between the hepatocyte and
Kupffer cell clusters. Cluster c15 might represent hepatocyte-Kupffer cell
doublets. Consistent with this theory, cluster c15 has intermediate expression
of Kupffer cell-specific *Adgre1* and hepatocyte-specific *Fabp1*.

```{r doublets, fig.width = 8, fig.height = 4}
VlnPlot(liver, c("Adgre1", "Fabp1"), idents = c('c3', 'c15', 'c1'), sort = T)
VlnPlot(liver, c("Adgre1", "Fabp1"), idents = c('c3', 'c15', 'c11', 'c1'),
sort = T, pt.size = 0)
```

Let's store our labels and look at what remains unidentified.
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