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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2026

FUNCellA: A Tool for Single-Sample Enrichment Analysis and Relative Pathway Activity Estimation in Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data.

Joanna Zyla, Anna Mrukwa, Aleksandra G Bilska, Kamila Szumala, Joanna Polanska, Michal Marczyk

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Joanna ZylaDepartment of Data Science and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-7969
Anna MrukwaDepartment of Data Science and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2886-8472
Aleksandra G BilskaDoctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2047-0697
Kamila SzumalaDepartment of Systems Biology and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0210-9616
Joanna PolanskaDepartment of Data Science and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-9864
Michal MarczykDepartment of Data Science and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2508-5736

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Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) enables advanced analysis of cellular heterogeneity; however, due to data sparsity and noise, analyzing single genes can be challenging. While pathway activity scoring offers a robust alternative to standard single-gene analysis, most available enrichment methods were developed for bulk RNA-Seq or microarray data, so they may fail in addressing the variability and dropout typical of single-cell experiments. Existing approaches primarily focus on comparing pathway activity across predefined groups. Thus, there is a gap in solutions for clustering single-pathway activity vectors, which helps detect subpopulations. Consequently, this limits the functional interpretation and the discovery of meaningful data heterogeneity. We introduce FUNCellA, a framework for estimating relative pathway activity scores using unsupervised tools such as

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