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IMAGE: Overview of how CellChat can convert molecular language of cells into the translation that is interpretable by researchers. view more
Credit: Suoqin Jin, Qing Nie & Maksim Plikus / UCI
Irvine, Calif. An interdisciplinary team of biologists and mathematicians at the University of California, Irvine has developed a new tool to help decipher the language cells use to communicate with one another.
In a paper published today in
Nature Communications, the researchers introduce CellChat, a computational platform that enables the decoding of signaling molecules that transmit information and commands between the cells that come together to form biological tissues and even entire organs.