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Diff-SE: A Diffusion-Augmented Contrastive Learning Framework for Super-Enhancer Prediction
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Super-enhancers (SEs) are cis-regulatory elements that play crucial roles in gene expression and are implicated in diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s. Traditional identification methods rely on ChIP-seq experiments, which are costly and time-consuming. While recent computational approaches have leveraged sequence features for SE prediction, they often suffer from severe class imbalance and poor generalization across species. To address these limitations, we propose Diff-SE, a deep learning framework that integrates diffusion-based data augmentation with contrastive learning. The diffusion module models the continuous distribution of SEs to generate biologically meaningful synthetic positive samples, effectively balancing training data. A contrastive learning strategy is then used to enhance feature representation by maximizing intraclass similarity and interclass separation. Experimental results across eight data sets demonstrate that Diff-SE consistently outperforms the baseline model, achieving 10%–30% improvements in precision (PRE), Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC), and F1-score. Furthermore, Diff-SE exhibits superior generalization in cross-species validation between human and mouse cell lines. The code and data sets are available at https://github.com/15831959673/Diff-SE, enabling further research and applications in SE prediction.
Keywords:
super-enhancers
diffusion-based data augmentation
contrastive learning
deep learning
cross-species generalization
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