AnnoAudit: a marker-based protocol for auditing single-cell atlas annotations reveals systematic, state-dependent annotation failure in a widely used traumatic brain injury resource
Li Zhang, Qi Yan, Haicheng Rao, Mengge Li, Xiaobo Qian, Yingshu Zhang, Rong Gao
A marker audit finds 97.9% of CEREBRI's 45,051 official 'glutamatergic neuron' cells are not glutamatergic (four-check composite 82.6%), creating false ion-channel and OXPHOS signals; true neurons show acute KCNC3 up-regulation.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics✦ In-depth digest