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ArticleNature communications2025

TIVelo: RNA velocity estimation leveraging cluster-level trajectory inference.

Muyang Ge, Jishuai Miao, Ji Qi, Xiaocheng Zhou, Zhixiang Lin

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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 7 papers.

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Muyang GeDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4378-9887
Jishuai MiaoDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-6345-8590
Ji QiDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiaocheng ZhouDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Zhixiang LinDepartment of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. zhixianglin@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9301-947X

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Abstract

RNA velocity inference is a valuable tool for understanding cell development, differentiation, and disease progression. However, existing RNA velocity inference methods typically rely on explicit assumptions of ordinary differential equations (ODE), which prohibits them from capturing complex transcriptomic expression patterns. In this study, we introduce TIVelo, a RNA velocity estimation approach that first determines the velocity direction at the cell cluster level based on trajectory inference, before estimating velocity for individual cells. TIVelo calculates an orientation score to infer the direction at the cluster level without an explicit ODE assumption, which effectively captures complex transcriptional patterns, avoiding potential inconsistencies in velocity estimation for genes that do not follow the simple ODE assumption. We validated the effectiveness of TIVelo by its application to 16 real datasets and the comparison with six benchmarking methods.

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RNAAlgorithmsCluster AnalysisGene Expression ProfilingHumansTranscriptomeRNA

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