scMetaLink Class Definition

S4 class for storing metabolite-mediated cell communication analysis results

# S4 method for class 'scMetaLink'
show(object)

Arguments

object

scMetaLink object

Slots

expression_data

Matrix. Normalized gene expression matrix (genes x cells)

cell_meta

data.frame. Cell metadata with cell type annotations

cell_type_column

Character. Column name for cell type in cell_meta

production_scores

Matrix. Metabolite production potential scores (metabolites x cell_types)

sensing_scores

Matrix. Metabolite sensing capability scores (metabolites x cell_types)

communication_scores

Array. Communication scores (sender x receiver x metabolite)

communication_pvalues

Array. P-values from permutation test

significant_interactions

data.frame. Filtered significant interactions

pathway_aggregated

data.frame. Pathway-level aggregated results

parameters

list. Analysis parameters

database

list. MetalinksDB reference data