mergeInteractions: Compute the number of interactions/interaction strength...

In sqjin/CellChat: Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data

Compute the number of interactions/interaction strength between cell types based on their associated cell subpopulations

Description

Compute the number of interactions/interaction strength between cell types based on their associated cell subpopulations

Usage

mergeInteractions(object, group.merged)

Arguments

object	CellChat object
group.merged	a factor defining the group for merging different clusters/subpopulations

Value

An updated slot 'net' by adding three elements:

'count.merged': the number of interactions between cell types (i.e., merged cell groups)

'weight.merged': interaction strength between cell types (i.e., merged cell groups)

'group.merged' the defined group for merging different clusters/subpopulations

sqjin/CellChat documentation built on Nov. 10, 2023, 4:29 a.m.