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ArticleGenome biology2026

scComm: a contrastive learning framework for deciphering cell-cell communications at single-cell resolution.

Zijie Jin, Zongli Tang, Xinyi Li, Kuangen Zhang, Zhengwei Xie, Ning Zhang

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Article in Genome biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Zijie Jin *Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Zongli Tang *Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Xinyi Li *Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Kuangen ZhangTranslational Cancer Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
Zhengwei XiePeking University International Cancer Institute, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. xiezhengwei@hsc.pku.edu.cn.
Ning ZhangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. zhangning@bjmu.edu.cn.

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M720308National Major Science and Technology Projects of China 2022YFC3400900National Natural Science Foundation of China 32400510National Natural Science Foundation of China 82588201Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality 5244030Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality QY23058
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Abstract

Cell-cell communication regulates complex biological processes in multicellular systems. Existing scRNA-seq-based methods typically aggregate gene expression by clusters, overlooking within-cluster heterogeneity. We present scComm, a computational framework that infers cell-cell communications between individual cells using supervised contrastive learning. In simulations, scComm outperforms other methods and achieves up to 95% accuracy. Applied to colorectal cancer, it reveals cell-cell communications linked to PD-1 blockade response and tertiary lymphoid structures. In liver cancer, it identifies three novel tumor subtypes and angiogenesis-promoting neutrophil subtypes that have unique tumor microenvironments. scComm enables high-resolution cell-cell communication analysis, uncovering biological insights missed by existing approaches.

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Cell CommunicationMachine LearningSingle-Cell AnalysisColorectal NeoplasmsHumansLiver NeoplasmsSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentCell–cell communicationsIntratumoral heterogeneityLigand-receptor pair selectionSingle-cell resolutionSupervised contrastive learningTumor microenvironment

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