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ArticleGenome biology2025

SIGEL: a context-aware genomic representation learning framework for spatial genomics analysis.

Wenlin Li, Maocheng Zhu, Yucheng Xu, Mengqian Huang, Ziyi Wang, Jing Chen, Hao Wu, Xiaobo Sun

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Article in Genome biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Wenlin Li *School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, China.
Maocheng ZhuSchool of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China.
Yucheng XuSchool of Statistics and Data Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Mengqian HuangSchool of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China.
Ziyi WangSchool of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China.
Jing ChenSchool of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China.
Hao WuFaculty of Computer Science and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China. wuhao@suat-sz.edu.cn.
Xiaobo Sun *Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. xiaobo.sun@emory.edu.

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Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB38050100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) integrates spatial information into genomics, yet methods for generating spatially-informed gene representations are limited and computationally intensive. We present SIGEL, a cost-effective framework that derives gene manifolds from ST data by exploiting spatial genomic context. The resulting SIGEL-generated gene representations (SGRs) are context-aware, biologically meaningful, and robust across samples, making them highly effective for key downstream tasks, including imputing missing genes, detecting spatial expression patterns, identifying disease-related genes and interactions, and improving spatial clustering. Extensive experiments across diverse ST datasets validate SIGEL's effectiveness and highlight its potential in advancing spatial genomics research.

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