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OmniCellTOSG: The First Cell Text-Omic Signaling Graphs Dataset for Graph Language Foundation Modeling.

Heming Zhang, Tim Xu, Dekang Cao, Shunning Liang, Guntaas Shergill, Nicholas Hadas, Lars Schimmelpfennig, Levi Kaster, Di Huang, Guangfu Li and 15 more

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25 authors.

Heming ZhangInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Tim XuInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Dekang CaoInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Shunning LiangInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Guntaas ShergillInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2949-9223
Nicholas HadasInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Lars SchimmelpfennigInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Levi KasterInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Di HuangInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Guangfu LiDepartment of Surgery, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, 06032, CT, USA.
S Peter GoedegebuureDepartment of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.
David DeNardoSiteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3655-5783
Li DingSiteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1517-2975
Ryan C FieldsDepartment of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6176-8943
J Philip MillerInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Pirooz EghtesadyDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.
Carlos CruchagaNeuroGenomics and Informatics Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0276-2899
William BuchserDepartment of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4515 McKinley Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6675-6359
Jonathan CooperDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.
Marco SardielloDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6484-0250
Patricia DicksonDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.
Yixin ChenDepartment of Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., Saint Louis, 63130, MO, USA.
Michael ProvinceDepartment of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4515 McKinley Ave., Saint Louis, 63110, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6102-774X
Philip PayneInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.
Fuhai LiInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, 4444 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, 63108, MO, USA.

Funding

Systems-Level Approach to Neuronopathic Lysosomal Storage DisordersRM1NS132962 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JONATHAN D COOPER, PATRICIA I DICKSON · 2023 to 2026
$6.3M
AI models of multi-omic data integration for ming longevity core signaling pathwaysR33AG078799 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LI, FUHAI, PROVINCE, MICHAEL A. · 2025 to 2025
$1.5M
Modeling and targeting tumor-immune signaling interactions in tumor microenvironmentR01LM013902 · NLM · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Fuhai Li · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
Combine Genomics and Symptoms Data Driven Models to Discover Synergistic Combinatory Therapies for Alzheimer's DiseaseR56AG065352 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LI, FUHAI · 2020 to 2021
$986k
AI models of multi-omic data integration for ming longevity core signaling pathwaysR21AG078799 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LI, FUHAI, PROVINCE, MICHAEL A. · 2023 to 2023
$461k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG078799NIA NIH HHS R33 AG078799NIA NIH HHS R56 AG065352NINDS NIH HHS RM1 NS132962NLM NIH HHS R01 LM013902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the rapid growth of large-scale single-cell omic datasets, omic foundation models (FMs) have emerged as powerful tools for advancing research in life sciences and precision medicine. However, most existing omic FMs rely primarily on numerical transcriptomic data by sorting genes as sequences, while lacking explicit integration of biomedical prior knowledge and signaling interactions that are critical for scientific discovery. Here, we introduce the Text-Omic Signaling Graph (TOSG), a novel data structure that unifies human-interpretable biomedical textual knowledge, quantitative omic data, and signaling network information. Using this framework, we construct OmniCellTOSG, a large-scale resource comprising approximately half million meta-cell TOSGs derived from around 80 million single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-seq profiles across organs and diseases. We further develop CellTOSG-FM, a multimodal graph language FM, to jointly analyze textual, omic and signaling network context. Across diverse downstream tasks, CellTOSG-FM outperforms existing omic FMs, and provides interpretable insights into disease-associated targets and signaling pathways.

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Foundation ModelsGraph Language Foundation ModelsSingle CellText-Omic Signaling Graph

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PMID41756454
PMCPMC12934919

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