A clustering method for single-cell RNA sequencing data based on denoising and masking learning
By effectively combining probabilistic denoising with masking-based representation learning, scDMAC provides a powerful solution for addressing dropout and sparsity issues in scRNA-seq data. The improved clustering performance suggests that integrating distribution-aware denoising with feature reconstruction enhances the extraction of biologically meaningful representations, making scDMAC a promising tool for single-cell transcriptomic analysis.
Authors
- Wen Rui Yan
- Hong Qi
- Kai Wang
- Shuang Xu
- Bin Zhang
Institutions
- Jilin University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Bioinformatics
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2026.1758257
- Primary Topic
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China