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ArticleGenome biology2025

Extracellular vesicle-derived miRNA-mediated cell-cell communication inference for single-cell transcriptomic data with miRTalk.

Xin Shao, Lingqi Yu, Chengyu Li, Jingyang Qian, Xinyu Yang, Haihong Yang, Jie Liao, Xueru Fan, Xiao Xu, Xiaohui Fan

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Article in Genome biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Xin Shao *Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women'S Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China. xin_shao@zju.edu.cn.
Lingqi Yu *Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women'S Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Chengyu LiState Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Modernization, Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing, 314102, China.
Jingyang QianState Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Modernization, Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing, 314102, China.
Xinyu YangThe Center for Integrated Oncology and Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People'S Hospital, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Haihong YangCollege of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Jie LiaoState Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Modernization, Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing, 314102, China.
Xueru FanState Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Modernization, Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing, 314102, China.
Xiao XuDepartment of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People'S Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310024, China. zjxu@zju.edu.cn.
Xiaohui FanZhejiang Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women'S Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China. fanxh@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-3007

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 226-2023-00059Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 226-2023-00114Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine ZYYCXTD-D-202002Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFA1100500Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 92159202National Natural Science Foundation of China 81930016National Natural Science Foundation of China 82200725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs are released from cells in extracellular vesicles (EVs), representing an essential mode of cell-cell communication (CCC) via a regulatory effect on gene expression. Single-cell RNA-sequencing technologies have ushered in an era of elucidating CCC at single-cell resolution. Herein, we present miRTalk, a pioneering approach for inferring CCC mediated by EV-derived miRNA-target interactions (MiTIs). The benchmarking against simulated and real-world datasets demonstrates the superior performance of miRTalk, and the application to four disease scenarios reveals the in-depth MiTI-mediated CCC mechanisms. Collectively, miRTalk can infer EV-derived MiTI-mediated CCC with scRNA-seq data, providing new insights into the intercellular dynamics of biological processes.

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Cell CommunicationExtracellular VesiclesMicroRNAsSingle-Cell AnalysisSoftwareTranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingHumansMicroRNAsCell–cell communicationExtracellular vesicleMiRNAScRNA-seqSpatial transcriptomics

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PMID40229908
PMCPMC11998287

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