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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2026

A self-adaptive and versatile tool for eliminating multiple undesirable variations from large-scale transcriptomes.

Mengji Zhang, Lei Yan, Xinbo Wang, Yi Yuan, Shimin Zou, Sichao Yao, Xinyu Wang, Bin Chen, Qinghui Li, Zhiyi Zhang and 7 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Mengji ZhangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6185-1115
Lei YanHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Xinbo WangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yi YuanHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Shimin ZouHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Sichao YaoHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Xinyu WangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Bin ChenHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Qinghui LiFosun Lead (Shanghai) Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Zhiyi ZhangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yin ShanHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yuefan ZhangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Wenjie WangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Huaixu ZhuHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Weibin SongHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Tian XuHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. xutian@westlake.edu.cn.
Dong YangHangzhou DeepAid Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. yangdong@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-5306

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate identification of true biological signals from diverse undesirable variations in large-scale transcriptomes is essential for downstream discoveries. Here we develop a universal deep neural network, called DeepAdapter, to eliminate various undesirable variations including batch, platform, purity and other unknown sources from transcriptomic data. Our approach automatically learns the corresponding denoising strategies to adapt to different situations. The data-driven strategies are flexible and highly attuned to the transcriptomic data that requires denoising, yielding reduced undesirable variation originating from batches, sequencing platforms and biosamples with varied purity beyond manually designed schemes. Comprehensive evaluations across multiple batches, different RNA measurement technologies and heterogeneous biosamples demonstrate that DeepAdapter can robustly correct diverse undesirable variations and accurately preserve biological signals, the faithful gene expression patterns that facilitate reliable biomarker discovery, transcriptomic network analysis and comprehensive biological characterization. Our findings indicate that DeepAdapter can act as a versatile tool for the comprehensive denoising of the large and heterogeneous transcriptome across a wide variety of application scenarios.

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Gene Expression ProfilingTranscriptomeAlgorithmsComputational BiologyHumansNeural Networks, ComputerSequence Analysis, RNA

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PMID40715706
PMCPMC13008777

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