scAMZI: attention-based deep autoencoder with zero-inflated layer for clustering scRNA-seq data.

Journal: BMC genomics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Clustering scRNA-seq data plays a vital role in scRNA-seq data analysis and downstream analyses. Many computational methods have been proposed and achieved remarkable results. However, there are several limitations of these methods. First, they do not fully exploit cellular features. Second, they are developed based on gene expression information and lack of flexibility in integrating intercellular relationships. Finally, the performance of these methods is affected by dropout event.

Authors

  • Lin Yuan
    Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
  • Zhijie Xu
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States.
  • Boyuan Meng
    Key Laboratory of Computing Power Network and Information Security, Ministry of Education, Shandong Computer Science Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China.
  • Lan Ye
    School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.