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Clustering single-cell multi-omics data via weighted distance penalty and adaptive consistent graph regularization.

Wei Zhang^1,2, Yue Yu², Xiaoying Zheng¹

¹School of Mathematics and Physics, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Plos Computational Biology

|April 3, 2026

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We developed scWDAC, a new method for single-cell multi-omics data analysis. This approach effectively integrates diverse omics data, improving the accuracy and interpretability of cellular clustering.

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Area of Science:

Computational biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics

Background:

Single-cell multi-omics technologies offer high-resolution insights into cellular heterogeneity.
Integrating diverse omics data (genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenetic) is complex due to dimensionality and noise.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce scWDAC (single-cell weighted distance adaptive clustering), a novel method for robustly integrating single-cell multi-omics data.
Address challenges in multi-omics data integration for accurate cellular state analysis.

Main Methods:

scWDAC employs a weighted distance penalty to capture cross-modal cell similarities.
Adaptive graph regularization on a consensus matrix enforces cross-modal consistency.
The framework optimizes global consistency and local accuracy for comprehensive cellular structure exploration.

Main Results:

Extensive experiments on ten paired single-cell multi-omics datasets were conducted.
scWDAC demonstrated superior performance compared to existing clustering methods.
Outperformed methods in clustering accuracy, noise robustness, and biological interpretability.

Conclusions:

scWDAC provides an effective solution for single-cell multi-omics data integration and clustering.
The method enhances the biological interpretability of cellular heterogeneity.
scWDAC represents a significant advancement in analyzing complex single-cell multi-omics datasets.