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Articlenpj biomedical innovations2026

Inferring signaling pathway abnormalities from histopathological images via logic-constrained gene-pathway heterogeneous knowledge graph.

Yu Yu, Wen Shi, Xin Chen, Jinghui Feng, Simin Huang, Shixian Zeng, Xiaolin Bo, Jianing Xi

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Article in npj biomedical innovations, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yu Yu *School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wen Shi *School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin ChenSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jinghui FengSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Simin HuangSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shixian ZengDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaolin BoDepartment of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jianing XiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. xjn@gzhmu.edu.cn.

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Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2022A1515110001Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2024A1515010851Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation SL2023A04J02440National Natural Science Foundation of China 62202117Tertiary Education Scientific Research Project of Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau 2024312264
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Abstract

Conventional histopathological analysis focuses on single-gene mutations and struggles to capture pathway-level dysregulation driving cancer. To address this, we propose LCG-HGNN, a Logic-Constrained Gene-Pathway Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network that enables collaborative recognition of gene groups and infers signaling pathway alterations from whole-slide images. By integrating a gene-pathway graph structure, dynamic edge weighting within our proposed KePathGraph framework, which also incorporates logical clauses, our framework achieves superior prediction accuracy and clinical interpretability over single-gene and multi-label baselines. This work establishes a pathway-oriented paradigm for histopathological interpretation, providing deeper insights into the mechanisms underlying cancer initiation and progression.

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