npj Systems Biology and Applications,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
11(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025
Integrating
biological
data
with
in
silico
modeling
offers
the
transformative
potential
to
develop
virtual
human
models,
or
"digital
twins."
These
models
hold
immense
promise
for
deepening
our
understanding
of
diseases
and
uncovering
new
therapeutic
strategies.
This
approach
is
especially
valuable
lacking
reliable
models.
Here
we
review
current
modelling
efforts
lung
development,
highlighting
role
interdisciplinary
collaboration
key
advances
toward
a
digital
twin.
Plant Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
5(8), С. 100984 - 100984
Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2024
The
soybean
root
system
is
complex.
In
addition
to
being
composed
of
various
cell
types,
the
includes
primary
root,
lateral
roots,
and
nodule,
an
organ
in
which
mutualistic
symbiosis
with
N-fixing
rhizobia
occurs.
A
mature
nodule
characterized
by
a
central
infection
zone
where
atmospheric
nitrogen
fixed
assimilated
symbiont,
resulting
from
close
cooperation
between
plant
bacteria.
To
date,
transcriptome
individual
cells
isolated
developing
nodules
has
been
established,
but
transcriptomic
signatures
have
not
yet
characterized.
Using
single-nucleus
RNA-seq
Molecular
Cartography
technologies,
we
precisely
signature
types
revealed
co-existence
different
sub-populations
B.
diazoefficiens–infected
including
those
actively
involved
fixation
engaged
senescence.
Mining
single-cell-resolution
atlas
associated
gene
co-expression
network
confirmed
role
known
nodulation-related
genes
identified
new
that
control
nodulation
process.
For
instance,
functionally
GmFWL3,
plasma
membrane
microdomain-associated
protein
controls
rhizobial
infection.
Our
study
reveals
unique
cellular
complexity
helps
redefine
concept
when
considering
nodule.
Briefings in Bioinformatics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
25(6)
Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2024
Abstract
The
gene
regulatory
network
(GRN)
plays
a
vital
role
in
understanding
the
structure
and
dynamics
of
cellular
systems,
revealing
complex
relationships,
exploring
disease
mechanisms.
Recently,
deep
learning
(DL)–based
methods
have
been
proposed
to
infer
GRNs
from
single-cell
transcriptomic
data
achieved
impressive
performance.
However,
these
do
not
fully
utilize
graph
topological
information
high-order
neighbor
multiple
receptive
fields.
To
overcome
those
limitations,
we
propose
novel
model
based
on
multiview
attention
network,
namely,
scMGATGRN,
GRNs.
scMGATGRN
mainly
consists
GAT,
multiview,
view-level
mechanism.
GAT
can
extract
essential
features
network.
simultaneously
local
feature
nodes
mechanism
dynamically
adjusts
relative
importance
node
embedding
representations
efficiently
aggregates
two
views.
verify
effectiveness
compared
its
performance
with
10
(five
shallow
algorithms
five
state-of-the-art
DL-based
methods)
seven
benchmark
RNA
sequencing
(scRNA-seq)
datasets
cell
lines
(two
human
three
mouse)
four
different
kinds
ground-truth
networks.
experimental
results
only
show
that
outperforms
competing
but
also
demonstrate
potential
this
inferring
code
are
made
freely
available
GitHub
(https://github.com/nathanyl/scMGATGRN).
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Graph
clustering
is
a
fundamental
task
in
network
analysis,
aimed
at
uncovering
meaningful
groups
of
nodes
based
on
structural
and
attribute-based
similarities.
Traditional
Nonnegative
Matrix
Factorization
(NMF)
methods
have
shown
promise
tasks
by
providing
low-dimensional
representations
data.
However,
most
existing
NMF-based
approaches
are
highly
sensitive
to
noise
outliers,
leading
suboptimal
performance
real-world
scenarios.
Additionally,
these
often
struggle
capture
the
underlying
nonlinear
structures
complex
networks,
which
can
significantly
impact
accuracy.
To
address
limitations,
this
paper
introduces
Robust
Self-Supervised
Symmetric
NMF
(R3SNMF)
improve
graph
clustering.
The
proposed
algorithm
leverages
robust
principal
component
model
handle
outliers
effectively.
By
incorporating
self-supervised
learning
mechanism,
R3SNMF
iteratively
refines
process,
enhancing
quality
learned
increasing
resilience
data
imperfections.
symmetric
factorization
ensures
preservation
structures,
while
approach
allows
adaptively
its
over
successive
iterations.
In
addition,
integrates
graph-boosting
method
how
relationships
within
represented.
Extensive
experimental
evaluations
various
datasets
demonstrate
that
outperforms
state-of-the-art
terms
both
accuracy
robustness.
BMC Bioinformatics,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
26(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2025
Gene
regulatory
networks
(GRNs)
involve
complex
relationships
between
genes
and
play
important
roles
in
the
study
of
various
biological
systems
diseases.
The
introduction
single-cell
sequencing
(scRNA-seq)
technology
has
allowed
gene
regulation
studies
to
be
carried
out
on
specific
cell
types,
providing
opportunity
accurately
infer
networks.
However,
sparsity
noise
problems
data
pose
challenges
for
network
inference,
although
many
inference
methods
have
been
proposed,
they
often
fail
eliminate
transitive
interactions
or
do
not
address
multilevel
nonlinear
features
graph
well.
On
basis
above
limitations,
we
propose
a
framework
named
HGATLink.
HGATLink
combines
heterogeneous
attention
simplified
transformer
capture
effectively
low-dimensional
space
via
matrix
decomposition
techniques,
which
only
enhances
ability
model
structures
alleviate
interactions,
but
also
captures
long-range
dependencies
ensure
more
accurate
prediction.
Compared
with
10
state-of-the-art
GRN
14
scRNA-seq
datasets
under
two
metrics,
AUROC
AUPRC,
shows
good
stability
accuracy
tasks.
Recent
advancements
in
methodologies
and
technologies
have
enabled
the
simultaneous
measurement
of
multiple
omics
data,
which
provides
a
comprehensive
understanding
cellular
heterogeneity.
However,
existing
methods
limitations
accurately
identifying
cell
types
while
maintaining
model
interpretability,
especially
presence
noise.
We
propose
novel
method
called
scMFG,
leverages
feature
grouping
group
integration
techniques
for
single-cell
multi-omics
data.
By
organizing
features
with
similar
characteristics
within
each
layer
through
grouping.
Furthermore,
scMFG
ensures
consistent
approach
across
different
layers,
promoting
comparability
diverse
data
types.
Additionally,
incorporates
matrix
factorization-based
to
enable
integrated
results
remain
interpretable.
comprehensively
evaluated
scMFG's
performance
on
four
complex
real-world
datasets
generated
using
sequencing
technologies,
highlighting
its
robustness
Notably,
exhibited
superior
deciphering
heterogeneity
at
finer
resolution
compared
when
applied
simulated
datasets.
our
proved
highly
effective
rare
types,
showcasing
robust
suitability
detecting
low-abundance
populations.
The
interpretability
was
successfully
validated
specific
association
outputs
or
states
observed
neonatal
mouse
cerebral
cortices
dataset.
Moreover,
we
demonstrated
that
is
capable
developmental
trajectories
even
batch
effects.
Our
work
presents
framework
analysis
advancing
interpretable
manner.
Cellular
communication
is
vital
for
the
proper
functioning
of
multicellular
organisms.
A
comprehensive
analysis
cellular
demands
consideration
not
only
binding
between
ligands
and
receptors
but
also
a
series
downstream
signal
transduction
reactions
within
cells.
Thanks
to
advancements
in
spatial
transcriptomics
technology,
we
are
now
able
better
decipher
process
microenvironment.
Nevertheless,
majority
existing
cell–cell
algorithms
fail
take
into
account
signals
In
this
study,
put
forward
SpaCcLink,
method
that
takes
influence
individual
cells
systematically
investigates
patterns
as
well
networks.
Analyses
conducted
on
real
datasets
derived
from
humans
mice
have
demonstrated
SpaCcLink
can
help
identifying
more
relevant
receptors,
thereby
enabling
us
decode
genes
signaling
pathways
influenced
by
communication.
Comparisons
with
other
methods
suggest
identify
closely
associated
biological
processes
discover
reliable
ligand-receptor
relationships.
By
means
profound
all-encompassing
comprehension
mechanisms
underlying
be
achieved,
which
turn
promotes
deepens
our
understanding
intricate
complexity