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ArticleScientific reports2025

Attention-based deep learning for accurate cell image analysis.

Xiangrui Gao, Fan Zhang, Xueyu Guo, Mengcheng Yao, Xiaoxiao Wang, Dong Chen, Genwei Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Lipeng Lai

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiangrui GaoXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Fan ZhangXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Xueyu GuoXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Mengcheng YaoXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Xiaoxiao WangXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Dong ChenXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Genwei ZhangXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Xiaodong WangXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China. xiaodong.wang@xtalpi.com.
Lipeng LaiXtalPi Innovation Center, 706 Block B, Dongsheng Building, Haidian District, Beijing, China. lipeng.lai@xtalpi.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-content analysis (HCA) holds enormous potential for drug discovery and research, but widely used methods can be cumbersome and yield inaccurate results. Noisy and redundant signals in cell images impede accurate deep learning-based image analysis. To address these issues, we introduce X-Profiler, a novel HCA method that combines cellular experiments, image processing, and deep learning modeling. X-Profiler combines the convolutional neural network and Transformer to encode high-content images, effectively filtering out noisy signals and precisely characterizing cell phenotypes. In comparative tests on drug-induced cardiotoxicity, mitochondrial toxicity classification, and compound classification, X-Profiler outperformed both DeepProfiler and CellProfiler, as two highly recognized and representative methods in this field. Our results demonstrate the utility and versatility of X-Profiler, and we anticipate its wide application in HCA for advancing drug development and disease research.

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Deep LearningImage Processing, Computer-AssistedDrug DiscoveryHumansMitochondriaNeural Networks, Computer

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PMID39779905
PMCPMC11711278

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