dandelionR: Single-cell immune repertoire trajectory analysis in R

Integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and adaptive immune receptor (AIR) sequencing (scVDJ-seq) is extremely powerful in studying lymphocyte development. A python-based package, <i>Dandelion</i>, introduced the VDJ-feature space method, which addresses the challenge of integrating single-cell AIR data with gene expression data and enhances trajectory analysis results. However, no R-based equivalent or similar methods currently exist. To fill this gap, we present <i>dandelionR</i>, an R implementation of <i>Dandelion</i>'s trajectory analysis workflow, bringing the VDJ feature space construction and trajectory analysis using diffusion maps and absorbing Markov chains to R, offering a new option for scRNA-seq and scVDJ-seq analysis to R users.