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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

Deep learning-based cell-specific gene regulatory networks inferred from single-cell multiome data.

Junlin Xu, Changcheng Lu, Shuting Jin, Yajie Meng, Xiangzheng Fu, Xiangxiang Zeng, Ruth Nussinov, Feixiong Cheng

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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Junlin XuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1057-1504
Changcheng LuCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9263-8463
Shuting JinSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Yajie MengSchool of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei 430200, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2384-1158
Xiangzheng FuSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
Xiangxiang ZengCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
Ruth NussinovComputational Structural Biology Section, Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, United States.
Feixiong ChengCleveland Clinic Genome Center, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1736-2847

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HHSIntramural Research ProgramNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003INIH HHS HHSN261201500003I
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Abstract

Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) provide a global representation of how genetic/genomic information is transferred in living systems and are a key component in understanding genome regulation. Single-cell multiome data provide unprecedented opportunities to reconstruct GRNs at fine-grained resolution. However, the inference of GRNs is hindered by insufficient single omic profiles due to the characteristic high loss rate of single-cell sequencing data. In this study, we developed scMultiomeGRN, a deep learning framework to infer transcription factor (TF) regulatory networks via unique integration of single-cell genomic (single-cell RNA sequencing) and epigenomic (single-cell ATAC sequencing) data. We create scMultiomeGRN to elucidate these networks by conceptualizing TF network graph structures. Specifically, we build modality-specific neighbor aggregators and cross-modal attention modules to learn latent representations of TFs from single-cell multi-omics. We demonstrate that scMultiomeGRN outperforms state-of-the-art models on multiple benchmark datasets involved in diseases and health. Via scMultiomeGRN, we identified Alzheimer's disease-relevant regulatory network of SPI1 and RUNX1 for microglia. In summary, scMultiomeGRN offers a deep learning framework to identify cell type-specific gene regulatory network from single-cell multiome data.

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Deep LearningGene Regulatory NetworksSingle-Cell AnalysisAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitGenomicsHumansMiceTranscription FactorsCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitTranscription Factors

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