Sampling time-dependent artifacts in single-cell genomics studies: scRNA-seq data

Robust protocols and automation now enable large-scale single-cell RNA and ATAC sequencing experiments and their application on biobank and clinical cohorts. However, technical biases introduced during sample acquisition can hinder solid, reproducible results, and a systematic benchmarking is required before entering large-scale data production. Here, we report the existence and extent of gene expression and chromatin accessibility artifacts introduced during sampling and identify experimental and computational solutions for their prevention.

This repository contains the expression matrices and Seurat objects associated with the scRNA-seq data of the manuscript: "Sampling time-dependent artifacts in single-cell genomics studies" published in Genome Biology in 2020. The purpose of this repo is to share processed files and metadata for immediate access and reproducibility. The code to analyze it is thoroughly documented at the associated Github repository (https://github.com/massonix/sampling_artifacts).