STGNNks: Identifying cell types in spatial transcriptomics data based on graph neural network, denoising auto-encoder, and k-sums clustering.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Spatial transcriptomics technologies fully utilize spatial location information, tissue morphological features, and transcriptional profiles. Integrating these data can greatly advance our understanding about cell biology in the morphological background.

Authors

  • Lihong Peng
    School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China.
  • Xianzhi He
    China Communications Construction Company Second Highway Consultants Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430056, China.
  • Xinhuai Peng
    School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412007, Hunan, China.
  • Zejun Li
  • Li Zhang
    Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.