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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2026

SpaMFG: a spatial multi-omics integration method based on feature grouping.

Zilin Li, Litian Ma, Jingtao Liu, Wei Sun, Yan Li, Chenguang Zhao, Liang Yu

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Article in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zilin LiSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China.
Litian MaSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China.
Jingtao LiuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China.
Wei SunDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
Yan LiSchool of Management, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China.
Chenguang ZhaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
Liang YuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8351-3332

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Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities QTZX25071National Natural Science Foundation of China 62272065National Natural Science Foundation of China 62472344Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province 2025JC-JCQN-094Xidian University Specially Funded Project for Interdisciplinary Exploration TZJH2024027
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Abstract

motivationThe rapid development of spatial multi-omics technology enables the simultaneous measurement of gene and protein expression alongside spatial location, providing valuable insights into tissue heterogeneity. However, challenges such as low spatial resolution and high feature dimensionality complicate data integration and biological interpretation.

resultsTo address these issues, we propose SpaMFG, an innovative feature-group-level framework for interpretable spatial multi-omics integration. SpaMFG leverages spatial location information and introduces a spatial proximity weighting method to improve feature grouping accuracy. Additionally, it employs a new cross-omics feature group matching method that combines spatial location and Jaccard similarity to construct a weighted cost matrix, which is optimized using the Hungarian algorithm. This approach enhances the biological interpretability of cross-omics feature relationships. We evaluated SpaMFG's performance through comparative analysis on the human lymph node dataset, demonstrating its effectiveness. Further applications on human tonsils, mouse spleens, and mouse thymus datasets confirmed the robustness of SpaMFG in various biological contexts. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The source code for SpaMFG is available at https://github.com/LiangYu-Xidian/SpaMFG.

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