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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'liana: LIANA: a LIgand-receptor ANalysis frAmework'
version: 0.1.14.9000
doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30755-0
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.liana
abstract: LIANA provides a number of methods and resources for ligand-receptor interaction
  inference from scRNA-seq data. This version is specifically designed for Seurat
  v4 and SeuratObject v4 compatibility. It includes improved Python environment handling
  and better integration with existing workflows.
authors:
- family-names: Liu
  given-names: Zaoqu
  email: liuzaoqu@163.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-742X
- family-names: Dimitrov
  given-names: Daniel
  email: daniel.dimitrov@uni-heidelberg.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-2112
- family-names: Boys
  given-names: Charlotte
  email: mm228@stud.uni-heidelberg.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3955-5110
- family-names: Garrido Rodriguez
  given-names: Martin
  email: martin.garrido@uni-heidelberg.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-5643
- family-names: Turei
  given-names: Denes
  email: turei.denes@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7249-9379
- family-names: Nagai
  given-names: James
  email: jshinitinaga@ukaachen.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-7206
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: Comparison of methods and resources for cell-cell communication inference
    from single-cell RNA-Seq data
  authors:
  - family-names: Dimitrov
    given-names: Daniel
    email: daniel.dimitrov@uni-heidelberg.de
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-2112
  - family-names: Turei
    given-names: Denes
    email: turei.denes@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7249-9379
  - family-names: Garrido-Rodriguez
    given-names: Martin
  - family-names: Burmedi
    given-names: Paul L.
  - family-names: Nagai
    given-names: James S.
  - family-names: Boys
    given-names: Charlotte
    email: mm228@stud.uni-heidelberg.de
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3955-5110
  - family-names: Flores
    given-names: Ricardo O. Ramirez
  - family-names: Kim
    given-names: Hyojin
  - family-names: Szalai
    given-names: Bence
  - family-names: Costa
    given-names: Ivan G.
  - family-names: Valdeolivas
    given-names: Alberto
  - family-names: Dugourd
    given-names: Aurelien
  - family-names: Saez-Rodriguez
    given-names: Julio
  journal: Nature Communications
  year: '2022'
  doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30755-0
repository: https://zaoqu-liu.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/Zaoqu-Liu/liana
commit: a14953e154850f6fcf1a73a35a39050724090314
url: https://zaoqu-liu.github.io/liana/
date-released: '2026-01-25'
contact:
- family-names: Liu
  given-names: Zaoqu
  email: liuzaoqu@163.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-742X