CollectNET: a Web Server for Integrated Inference of Cell-cell Communication Network

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Journal Database (Oxford)

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Sep 16

PMID 39283594

Authors

Yan Pan

Zijing Gao

Xuejian Cui

Zhen Li

Rui Jiang

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Abstract

Cell-cell communication (CCC) through ligand-receptor (L-R) pairs forms the cornerstone for complex functionalities in multicellular organisms. Deciphering such intercellular signaling can contribute to unraveling disease mechanisms and enable targeted therapy. Nonetheless, notable biases and inconsistencies are evident among the inferential outcomes generated by current methods for inferring CCC network. To fill this gap, we developed collectNET (http://health.tsinghua.edu.cn/collectnet) as a comprehensive web platform for analyzing CCC network, with efficient calculation, hierarchical browsing, comprehensive statistics, advanced searching, and intuitive visualization. collectNET provides a reliable online inference service with prior knowledge of three public L-R databases and systematic integration of three mainstream inference methods. Additionally, collectNET has assembled a human CCC atlas, including 126 785 significant communication pairs based on 343 023 cells. We anticipate that collectNET will benefit researchers in gaining a more holistic understanding of cell development and differentiation mechanisms. Database URL: http://health.tsinghua.edu.cn/collectnet.

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