Add Cell Metadata Information Column

addCellIntMetadata()

Creates an additional metadata column with information about interacting and non-interacting cell types of the selected cell-cell interaction..

addCellIntMetadata(
    gobject,
    spatial_network = "spatial_network",
    cluster_column,
    cell_interaction,
    name = "select_int",
    return_gobject = TRUE
)

Arguments

gobject	giotto object
spatial_network	name of spatial network to use
cluster_column	column of cell types
cell_interaction	cell-cell interaction to use
name	name for the new metadata column
return_gobject	return an updated giotto object

Value

Giotto Object

Details

This function will create an additional metadata column which selects interacting cell types for a specific cell-cell interaction. For example, if you want to color interacting astrocytes and oligodendrocytes it will create a new metadata column with the values “select_astrocytes”, “select_oligodendrocytes”, “other_astrocytes”, “other_oligodendroyctes” and “other”. Where “other” is all other cell types found within the selected cell type column.