cyberneticlibrary

Validate single-cell gene expression

cellxgene-contextskillsetup L235
ammawla/encode-toolkit
What it does

Query cell-type-specific gene expression data

Best for

Resolving cell-type contributions to bulk ENCODE regulatory signals using single-cell expression.

Inputs
  • · Gene symbols/Ensembl IDs
  • · Tissue (Cell Ontology term)
  • · Cell-type filter
Outputs
  • · Expression matrix
  • · Cell-type rankings
  • · Deconvolution summary
Requires
  • · CellxGene Census API
  • · cellxgene-census package
Preconditions
  • · Valid gene IDs
  • · Tissue in Cell Ontology
  • · Census available
Failure modes
  • · Gene not found
  • · Cell-type missing
  • · Spelling variation
Trust signals
  • · Megill et al. 2021
  • · CZ CELLxGENE official