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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2026

OTMODE: an optimal transport theory-based framework for identifying differential features in single-cell multi-omics data.

Huidong Su, Caicai Zhang, Frank Qingyun Wang, Chun Hing She, Xinxin Chen, Xiao Dang, Yao Lei, Ke Ni, Zewei Xiong, Danqing Yin and 4 more

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Huidong SuDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Caicai ZhangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Frank Qingyun WangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Chun Hing SheDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Xinxin ChenDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Xiao DangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Yao LeiDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Ke NiComputational Biology Department, Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Program in Computational Biology, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States.
Zewei XiongDepartment of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Danqing YinLaboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited (D24H), Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Xingtian YangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Hong FengDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Philip H LiDivision of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Wanling YangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0063-6327

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RGC Collaborative Research Fund C7046-23G
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Abstract

motivationSingle-cell technologies enable high-resolution cellular studies but face challenges in identifying differential features due to data complexity.

resultsWe present OTMODE, a non-parametric method using unbalanced Sinkhorn algorithm and Wald test to improve differential feature identification in single-cell multi-omics data. Under simulation, OTMODE achieved superior performance (average 90% F1 score; average 92% AUC score) with high efficiency (2.2 s for 5000 cells). In practice, it shows greater sensitivity than other state-of-the-art methods in detecting meaningful processes and can evaluate annotation accuracy by identifying potentially misannotated clusters from auto-annotation tools. Furthermore, OTMODE integrates seamlessly with Scanpy, offering a user-friendly solution for researchers. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: OTMODE is freely available at https://github.com/Eggong/OTMODE and also available at https://pypi.org/project/OTMODE/.

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Computational BiologySingle-Cell AnalysisSoftwareAlgorithmsHumansMultiomics

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