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Chestnut Studying       摘要  Background: Single-cell transcriptomics has transformed our understanding of cellular diversity in biological systems. However, systematic noise, often introduced by low-quality cells, can obscure biological signals if not properly accounted for. Thus, one of the common quality control steps involves filtering out cells with a high percentage of mitochondrial RNA counts (pctMT), as high pctMT typically indicates cell death. Yet, commonly used filtering thresholds, primarily derived from studies on healthy tissues, may be overly stringent for malignant cells, which often naturally exhibit higher baseline mitochondrial gene expression. We analyzed public single-cell RNA-seq and spatial data to investigate if malignant cells with high pctMT are viable and functionally significant subpopulations. Results: We analyzed nine single-cell RNA-seq datasets from uveal melanoma, breast, lung, kidney, head and neck, prostate, and pancreatic cancers, including 43 ………………………………