Learning collective multi-cellular dynamics from temporal scRNA-seq via a transformer-enhanced Neural SDE

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Hauptverfasser: Jiang, Qi, Zhang, Lei, Li, Longquan, Wan, Lin
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author Jiang, Qi
Zhang, Lei
Li, Longquan
Wan, Lin
author_facet Jiang, Qi
Zhang, Lei
Li, Longquan
Wan, Lin
contents Time-series single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets offer unprecedented insights into the dynamics and heterogeneity of cellular systems. These systems exhibit multiscale collective behaviors driven by intricate intracellular gene regulatory networks and intercellular interactions of molecules. However, inferring interacting cell population dynamics from time-series scRNA-seq data remains a significant challenge, as cells are isolated and destroyed during sequencing. To address this, we introduce scIMF, a single-cell deep generative Interacting Mean Field model, designed to learn collective multi-cellular dynamics. Our approach leverages a transformer-enhanced stochastic differential equation network to simultaneously capture cell-intrinsic dynamics and intercellular interactions. Through extensive benchmarking on multiple scRNA-seq datasets, scIMF outperforms existing methods in reconstructing gene expression at held-out time points, demonstrating that modeling cell-cell communication enhances the accuracy of multicellular dynamics characterization.Additionally, our model provides biologically interpretable insights into cell-cell interactions during dynamic processes, offering a powerful tool for understanding complex cellular systems.
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spellingShingle Learning collective multi-cellular dynamics from temporal scRNA-seq via a transformer-enhanced Neural SDE
Jiang, Qi
Zhang, Lei
Li, Longquan
Wan, Lin
Quantitative Methods
Time-series single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets offer unprecedented insights into the dynamics and heterogeneity of cellular systems. These systems exhibit multiscale collective behaviors driven by intricate intracellular gene regulatory networks and intercellular interactions of molecules. However, inferring interacting cell population dynamics from time-series scRNA-seq data remains a significant challenge, as cells are isolated and destroyed during sequencing. To address this, we introduce scIMF, a single-cell deep generative Interacting Mean Field model, designed to learn collective multi-cellular dynamics. Our approach leverages a transformer-enhanced stochastic differential equation network to simultaneously capture cell-intrinsic dynamics and intercellular interactions. Through extensive benchmarking on multiple scRNA-seq datasets, scIMF outperforms existing methods in reconstructing gene expression at held-out time points, demonstrating that modeling cell-cell communication enhances the accuracy of multicellular dynamics characterization.Additionally, our model provides biologically interpretable insights into cell-cell interactions during dynamic processes, offering a powerful tool for understanding complex cellular systems.
title Learning collective multi-cellular dynamics from temporal scRNA-seq via a transformer-enhanced Neural SDE
topic Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16492