VEGA is an interpretable generative model for inferring biological network activity in single-cell transcriptomics

Developing interpretable models is a major challenge in single cell deep learning. Here we show that the VEGA variational autoencoder model, whose decoder wiring mirrors gene modules, can provide direct interpretability to the latent space further enabling the inference of biological module activity...

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Main Authors: Lucas Seninge, Ioannis Anastopoulos, Hongxu Ding, Joshua Stuart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26017-0