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ArticleGigaScience2026

An interpretable Graph-Regularized Optimal Transport Framework for Diagonal Single-Cell Integrative Analysis.

Zexuan Wang, Qipeng Zhan, Shu Yang, Zhuoping Zhou, Mengyuan Kan, Tianhuan Zhai, Li Shen

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Zexuan WangGraduate Group in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-2635-7767
Qipeng ZhanGraduate Group in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395, USA.
Shu YangDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8507-7191
Zhuoping ZhouGraduate Group in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395, USA.
Mengyuan KanDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8132-4776
Tianhuan ZhaiDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Li ShenDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5443-0503

Funding

Peripheral and Central Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in Diverse CohortsU19AG074879 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI Minerva Maria Carrasquillo · 2023 to 2026
$42.0M
Ultrascale Machine Learning to Empower Discovery in Alzheimers Disease BiobanksU01AG068057 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Christos Davatzikos, Heng Huang · 2020 to 2026
$20.7M
Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease ResearchU01AG066833 · NIA · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MOORE, JASON H., RITCHIE, MARYLYN D · 2022 to 2025
$6.7M
Translational big data analytic approaches to advance drug repurposing for Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG071470 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KIM, DOKYOON, NING, XIA · 2021 to 2025
$3.8M
NIA NIH HHS U19 AG074879NIH HHS R01 AG071470NIH HHS U01 AG066833NIH HHS U01 AG068057NIH HHS U19 AG074879
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Abstract

backgroundRecent advancements in single-cell omics technologies have enabled detailed characterization of cellular processes. However, coassay sequencing technologies remain limited, resulting in unpaired single-cell omics datasets with differing feature dimensions. FINDING: We present GROTIA (Graph-Regularized Optimal Transport Framework for Diagonal Single-Cell Integrative Analysis), a computational method to align multi-omics datasets without requiring any prior correspondence information. GROTIA achieves global alignment through optimal transport while preserving local relationships via graph regularization. Additionally, our approach provides interpretability by deriving domain-specific feature importance from partial derivatives, highlighting key biological markers. Moreover, the transport plan between modalities can be leveraged for post-integration clustering, enabling a data-driven approach to discover novel cell subpopulations.

conclusionsWe demonstrate GROTIA's superior performance on four simulated and four real-world datasets, surpassing state-of-the-art unsupervised alignment methods and confirming the biological significance of the top features identified in each domain.

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Computational BiologySingle-Cell AnalysisAlgorithmsClustering AlgorithmsHumansMultiomicsSoftwaredata integrationgraph Laplacianinterpretablemulti-omicsoptimal transportsingle cell

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PMCPMC12970605

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