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stGCL: a versatile cross-modality fusion method based on multi-modal graph contrastive learning for spatial transcriptomics

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Na Yu
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Daoliang Zhang
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Wei Zhang
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Zhiping Liu
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Xu Qiao
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Chuanyuan Wang
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Miaoqing Zhao
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Weiming Yue
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Wei Li *
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Yang De Marinis *
高睿 (Rui Gao) *
DOI:10.1186/s13059-025-03896-wdelete
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Advances in spatial transcriptomics have enabled high-resolution mapping of tissue architecture at the molecular level, yet integrating its multi-modal data remains challenging. Here, we present stGCL, a framework for accurate and robust integration of gene expression, spatial coordinates, and histological features. stGCL employs a histology-based Vision Transformer to extract morphological features and a multi-modal graph autoencoder with contrastive learning for cross-modal fusion. In addition, we introduce a spatial coordinate correction and registration strategy to support multi-slice integration. We demonstrate that stGCL reliably identifies spatial domains, integrates vertical and horizontal tissue slices, and highlight its generalizability across platforms and resolutions.
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Genome Biology
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School of Control Science and Engineering
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Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute
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