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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025

QuiCAT: a scalable and flexible framework for mapping synthetic sequences.

Daniele Lucarelli, Tina Kos, Caylie Shull, Sara Jiménez, Rupert Öllinger, Roland Rad, Dieter Saur, Fabian J Theis

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Daniele LucarelliInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0393-3848
Tina KosDivision of Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
Caylie ShullDivision of Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
Sara JiménezInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7103-7474
Rupert ÖllingerCenter for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Roland RadCenter for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Dieter SaurDivision of Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5874-0210
Fabian J TheisInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1374/6-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1374/7-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1374/8-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 395357507Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 458890590Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 515571394Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 515991405Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 538132723Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SA 1374/11-1Deutsche Krebshilfe #70115743Deutsche Krebshilfe #70117118German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung 2017.091.2Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung 2020.174.1
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Abstract

motivationSynthetic cellular tagging technologies play a crucial role in cell fate and lineage-tracing studies. Their integration with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics assays has heightened the need for scalable software solutions to analyze such data. However, previous methods are either designed for a subset of tagging technologies, or lack the performance needed for large-scale applications.

resultsTo address these challenges, we developed Quick Clonal Analysis Toolkit (QuiCAT), an end-to-end Python-based package that streamlines the extraction, clustering, and analysis of synthetic tags from sequencing data. QuiCAT outperforms existing pipelines in both speed and accuracy. Its outputs are widely compatible with the Python ecosystem for single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data analysis packages allowing seamless integrations and downstream analyses. QuiCAT provides users with two workflows: a reference-free approach for extracting and mapping synthetic tags, and a reference-based approach for aligning tags against known sequences. We validate QuiCAT across diverse datasets, including population-level data, single-cell and spatially resolved transcriptomics, and benchmarked it against the two most recently published tools. Our computational optimizations enhance performance while improving accuracy. AVAILABILITY: QuiCAT is available as a Python package to be installed. The source code is available at https://github.com/theislab/quicat.

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Computational BiologySoftwareGene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptome

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