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CAGNet: a structure-aware clustering-alternated graph network for cell-cell interaction inference in spatial

Han Ma1, Xin Zhang1, Hang Chen2

  • 1School of Computer Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China.

BMC Bioinformatics
|June 23, 2026

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CAGNet enhances cell-cell interaction inference in spatial transcriptomics by dynamically learning cellular relationships. This novel framework improves understanding of tissue organization and cell function.

Keywords:
Cell-cell interactionClusteringGraph neural networkSpatial transcriptomics

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Area of Science:

  • Computational biology
  • Genomics
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Understanding cell-cell interactions (CCIs) is vital for spatial transcriptomics.
  • Current graph-based models struggle with dynamic cellular relationships due to static clustering.
  • Limitations exist in capturing dynamic cellular relationships in tissue organization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose CAGNet, a novel two-stage framework for robust CCI inference.
  • To overcome limitations of static models in spatial transcriptomics analysis.
  • To improve the understanding of spatial organization and functional heterogeneity in tissues.

Main Methods:

  • CAGNet employs a two-stage framework for CCI inference.
  • Stage 1: Graph Attention Network encoder for structure-aware node embeddings.
  • Stage 2: Alternating optimization for iterative refinement of cluster centers and node embeddings.

    • Main Results:

    • CAGNet consistently outperforms six CCI inference baselines on three 10x Genomics Visium datasets.
    • Achieved the highest Adjusted Rand Index for spatial domain identification, indicating biologically relevant embeddings.
    • Information-theoretic analysis confirms superior mutual information retention in learned embeddings.

    Conclusions:

    • CAGNet provides a powerful new approach for cell-cell interaction inference.
    • The framework effectively captures dynamic cellular relationships and spatial organization.
    • CAGNet enhances the analysis of spatial transcriptomics data for biological discovery.