SRHiC: A Deep Learning Model to Enhance the Resolution of Hi-C Data

Hi-C data is important for studying chromatin three-dimensional structure. However, the resolution of most existing Hi-C data is generally coarse due to sequencing cost. Therefore, it will be helpful if we can predict high-resolution Hi-C data from low-coverage sequencing data. Here we developed a novel and simple computational method based on deep learning named super-resolution Hi-C (SRHiC) to enhance the resolution of Hi-C data. We verified SRHiC on Hi-C data in human cell line. We also evaluated the generalization power of SRHiC by enhancing Hi-C data resolution in other human and mouse cell types. Results showed that SRHiC outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in accuracy of prediction.