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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2022

SIGNET: single-cell RNA-seq-based gene regulatory network prediction using multiple-layer perceptron bagging.

Qinhuan Luo, Yongzhen Yu, Xun Lan

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qinhuan LuoSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yongzhen YuSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xun LanSchool of Medicine,and the Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life science, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6523-046X
Tsinghua University · CNCenter for Life Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-throughput single-cell RNA-seq data have provided unprecedented opportunities for deciphering the regulatory interactions among genes. However, such interactions are complex and often nonlinear or nonmonotonic, which makes their inference using linear models challenging. We present SIGNET, a deep learning-based framework for capturing complex regulatory relationships between genes under the assumption that the expression levels of transcription factors participating in gene regulation are strong predictors of the expression of their target genes. Evaluations based on a variety of real and simulated scRNA-seq datasets showed that SIGNET is more sensitive to ChIP-seq validated regulatory interactions in different types of cells, particularly rare cells. Therefore, this process is more effective for various downstream analyses, such as cell clustering and gene regulatory network inference. We demonstrated that SIGNET is a useful tool for identifying important regulatory modules driving various biological processes.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksNeural Networks, ComputerSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisAlgorithmsCluster AnalysisDeep LearningGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansRNA-SeqTranscription FactorsTranscription Factorscell clusteringdeep learninggene regulatory networks inference

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PMID34962260
PMCPMC8769917
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