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ArticleNature communications2025

Topological identification and interpretation for single-cell epigenetic regulation elucidation in multi-tasks using scAGDE.

Gaoyang Hao, Yi Fan, Zhuohan Yu, Yanchi Su, Haoran Zhu, Fuzhou Wang, Xingjian Chen, Yuning Yang, Guohua Wang, Ka-Chun Wong and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Gaoyang HaoSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1652-9899
Yi FanSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.
Zhuohan YuSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.
Yanchi SuSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-694X
Haoran ZhuSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7240-2696
Fuzhou WangDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9028-5382
Xingjian ChenCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-1584
Yuning YangTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Guohua WangCollege of Computer and Control Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
Ka-Chun WongDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6062-733X
Xiangtao LiSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China. lixt314@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8716-9823

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62076109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell ATAC-seq technology advances our understanding of single-cell heterogeneity in gene regulation by enabling exploration of epigenetic landscapes and regulatory elements. However, low sequencing depth per cell leads to data sparsity and high dimensionality, limiting the characterization of gene regulatory elements. Here, we develop scAGDE, a single-cell chromatin accessibility model-based deep graph representation learning method that simultaneously learns representation and clustering through explicit modeling of data generation. Our evaluations demonstrated that scAGDE outperforms existing methods in cell segregation, key marker identification, and visualization across diverse datasets while mitigating dropout events and unveiling hidden chromatin-accessible regions. We find that scAGDE preferentially identifies enhancer-like regions and elucidates complex regulatory landscapes, pinpointing putative enhancers regulating the constitutive expression of CTLA4 and the transcriptional dynamics of CD8A in immune cells. When applied to human brain tissue, scAGDE successfully annotated cis-regulatory element-specified cell types and revealed functional diversity and regulatory mechanisms of glutamatergic neurons.

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Epigenesis, GeneticSingle-Cell AnalysisBrainChromatinChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingComputational BiologyCTLA-4 AntigenEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenomicsGene Expression RegulationHumansNeuronsChromatinCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, human

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