RNA-seq-like Gene Centric Signature Reverse Search (RGCSRS)

This Appyter provides visualizations of the top 5% of RNA-seq-like signatures induced by CRISPR knockouts and chemical perturbagens. Signatures are computed from transformed data profiles from the LINCS L1000 data. The transformation was performed using a two-step model:

  1. A cycleGAN model was used to first predict the RNA-seq expression of the 978 L1000 landmark genes
  2. A fully connected neural network was used to extrapolate the predicted RNA-seq expression of the 978 landmark genes to a full set of 23,164 genes

Signatures were computed using the characteristic direction method (Clark et al., 2014), as implemented here.

Each gene was pre-queried across all available RNA-seq-like signatures, and the top signatures where a gene is up or down-regulated are returned for each gene.

CRISPR KO signatures

Volcano Plots

In the following volcano plot, each point represents a single CRISPR knockout signature. The x-position indicates the log2(fold change) of the expression of the chosen gene in the signature, while the y-position indicates the absolute value of the characteristic direction coefficient of the chosen gene.

Note that the fold change and characteristic direction coefficients of the gene are not necessarily in the same direction for each signature; this is because in cases where a gene is both up- and down-regulated between replicate samples, the characteristic direction method prioritizes the more consistent direction of movement, which may not be consistent with the fold change. To read more about the characteristic direction method, please refer to Clark et al., 2014.

Points with same-direction fold change and CD coefficient values are highlighted by coloring them blue (up-regulated) or red (down-regulated). Darker colored points indicate higher differential expression of the gene in the corresponding signature.

Drag the plot to pan around. Use the toolbar to the right of the plot to zoom, reset the plot view, or download the plot.

Tables

The tables below display the characteristic direction (CD) coefficients, fold change values, and log2(fold change) values correponding to the expression of the chosen gene in each CRIPSR KO signature.

The rank of the gene in the signature is determined by its fold change relative to the fold change of the other genes that are regulated in the same direction; if a gene is ranked 1 in a signature where the gene is up-regulated, that means that out of all genes up-regulated in the signature, the input gene had the highest fold change and was the most up-regulated.

While only the top 10 signatures for each direction are displayed, below each table is a link to download the top 50 signatures for each direction.

A link to the Enrichr analysis results of the top 20 unique perturbations from the top signatures that up or down-regulate the input gene can be found below each table as well.

Chemical perturbation signatures

Volcano Plots

In the following volcano plot, each point represents a single chemical perturbation signature. The x-position indicates the log2(fold change) of the expression of the chosen gene in the signature, while the y-position indicates the absolute value of the characteristic direction coefficient of the chosen gene.

Note that the fold change and characteristic direction coefficients of the gene are not necessarily in the same direction for each signature; this is because in cases where a gene is both up- and down-regulated between replicate samples, the characteristic direction method prioritizes the more consistent direction of movement, which may not be consistent with the fold change. To read more about the characteristic direction method, please refer to Clark et al., 2014.

Points with same-direction fold change and CD coefficient values are highlighted by coloring them blue (up-regulated) or red (down-regulated). Darker colored points indicate higher differential expression of the gene in the corresponding signature.

Drag the plot to pan around. Use the toolbar to the right of the plot to zoom, reset the plot view, or download the plot.

Tables

The tables below display the characteristic direction (CD) coefficients, fold change values, and log2(fold change) values correponding to the expression of the chosen gene in each chemical perturbation signature.

The rank of the gene in the signature is determined by its fold change relative to the fold change of the other genes that are regulated in the same direction; if a gene is ranked 1 in a signature where the gene is up-regulated, that means that out of all genes up-regulated in the signature, the input gene had the highest fold change and was the most up-regulated.

While only the top 10 signatures for each direction are displayed, below each table is a link to download the top 50 signatures for each direction.

A link to the Enrichr analysis results of the top 20 unique perturbations from the top signatures that up or down-regulate the input gene can be found below each table as well.