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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2026

Nested co-expression network analysis identifies compact gene clusters in a black box.

I A Dyugay, A Poslavsky, D K Lukyanov, F M Polyakov, E Nikitin, E Klimuk, A Dakhnovets, D S Syrko, V V Kotliar, D M Chudakov

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I A DyugayCenter for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Moscow, Russia.
A PoslavskyGenomics of Adaptive Immunity Department, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.
D K LukyanovCenter for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Moscow, Russia.
F M PolyakovGenomics of Adaptive Immunity Department, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.
E NikitinBiotech Campus LLC, Moscow, Russia.
E KlimukBiotech Campus LLC, Moscow, Russia.
A DakhnovetsCenter for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Moscow, Russia.
D S SyrkoInstitute of Translational Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
V V KotliarInstitute of Translational Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
D M ChudakovCenter for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-0430-790X

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Abstract

motivationDigital analysis of biological systems requires methods capable of identifying both broad and nested gene modules reflecting complex biological processes. Existing transcriptomic methods often miss compact gene sets corresponding to subprocesses in specialized cell types, limiting insights into functional heterogeneity.

resultsWe present Nested-WGCNA, a two-stage unsupervised network analysis algorithm designed to identify coarse-grained and fine-grained gene modules. Applied to bulk RNA-Seq data, Nested-WGCNA reveals stable modules reproducible across datasets. When validated against scRNA-Seq data, these modules correspond to both major and minor immune cell subtypes. Application to immunotherapy response datasets uncovers predictive and prognostic biomarkers, highlighting its utility in treatment stratification and biomarker discovery. AVAILABILITY: The NestedWGCNA source code and analysis pipeline are available on GitHub (https://github.com/ilyada/NestedWGCNA) and archived on Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18959244).

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Computational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksMultigene FamilyTranscriptomeAlgorithmsHumansSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisSoftware

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