FastCCC Cell–Cell Communication Analysis Report

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{{ report_date }}  |  DB: {{ database_name }}  |  FastCCC v{{ version }}
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Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Global CCC Overview
  3. Ligand–Receptor Pair Analysis
  4. Pathway Enrichment
  5. Cell Type Profiles
  6. Network Analyses
  7. Advanced L-R Analyses

1. Executive Summary

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Cell types
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Significant interactions
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Unique L-R pairs
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Active cell-type pairs
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Pathway classes
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FastCCC identified {{ s.n_sig_interactions }} significant L-R interactions across {{ s.n_ct_pairs }} cell-type pairs in {{ n }}. Top sender: {{ s.top_sender }} ({{ s.top_sender_count }} outgoing). Top receiver: {{ s.top_receiver }} ({{ s.top_receiver_count }} incoming). Dominant pathway: {{ s.top_pathway }} ({{ s.top_pathway_count }} interactions).

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Run Parameters

{% if ri.has_conditions %} {% endif %}
Sample{{ n }}
Task ID {%- if tab.id == 'cond_a' and ri.cond_a_task_id -%} {{ ri.cond_a_task_id }} {%- elif tab.id == 'cond_b' and ri.cond_b_task_id -%} {{ ri.cond_b_task_id }} {%- else -%} {{ ri.task_id }} {%- endif -%}
Database{{ ri.database_name }}
p-value threshold{{ ri.pval_threshold }}
Top L-R pairs shown{{ ri.top_n_lr }}
Top cell types shown{{ ri.top_n_celltypes }}
Enrichment gene sets{{ ri.gene_sets_str }}
Conditions compared{{ ri.name_a }} vs {{ ri.name_b }}
Report generated{{ ri.report_date }}
FastCCC version{{ ri.version }}

2. Global CCC Overview

Figure 1 — Interaction Count Heatmap

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Count Heatmap
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Figure 2 — Communication Strength Heatmap

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Strength Heatmap
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Figure 3 — Chord Diagram

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Chord Diagram
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Figure 4 — Top Sender and Receiver Cell Types

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Sender Receiver Bar
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3. Ligand–Receptor Pair Analysis

Figure 5 — Top L-R Pairs Dot Plot

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LR Dotplot
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Figure 6 — Pathway Classification Distribution

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Classification Bar
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Figure 7 — Pathway × Cell-Type Pair Heatmap

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Pathway CT Heatmap
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4. Pathway Enrichment Analysis

Figure 8 — Ligand Gene ORA

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Ligand ORA
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Figure 8 not generated.

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Figure 9 — Receptor Gene ORA

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Receptor ORA
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Figure 9 not generated.

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Figure 10 — Predicted TF Activation Heatmap

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TF Heatmap
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Figure 10 not generated (requires CPDBv5).

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5. Cell Type Communication Profiles

Figure 11 — Sender vs. Receiver Scatter

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IO Scatter
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Figure 12 — Sender Pathway Specificity

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Sender Pathway
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Figure 13 — Outgoing Interaction Flow

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Interaction Flow
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6. Network-Level Analyses

Figure 14 — Communication Network

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Network
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Figure 15 — Sender → Pathway → Receiver Alluvial

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Sankey
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Figure 16 — Autocrine vs. Paracrine

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Autocrine
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Figure 17 — L-R Bipartite Network

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Bipartite
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7. Advanced Ligand–Receptor Analyses

Figure 18 — Pathway Information Flow

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Info Flow
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Figure 19 — Top L-R Pairs per Pathway

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LR Multiples
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Figure 20 — L-R Pair Specificity Heatmap

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LR Specificity
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Figure 21 — CS Distribution Violin

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CS Violin
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{% endmacro %} {% set ri = { 'task_id': task_id, 'database_name': database_name, 'pval_threshold': pval_threshold, 'top_n_lr': top_n_lr, 'top_n_celltypes': top_n_celltypes, 'gene_sets_str': gene_sets_str, 'has_conditions': has_conditions, 'name_a': name_a, 'name_b': name_b, 'cond_a_task_id': cond_a_task_id, 'cond_b_task_id': cond_b_task_id, 'report_date': report_date, 'version': version, } %} {% for tab in tabs %}
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{% endfor %} {% if has_differential %}

Contents

  1. Differential Interaction Heatmap
  2. Differential Volcano Plot
  3. Differential Pathway Activity

Differential CCC Analysis — {{ name_a }} vs. {{ name_b }}

Figure 22 — Differential Interaction Count Heatmap

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Diff Heatmap
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Figure 23 — Differential L-R Volcano Plot

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Diff Volcano
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Figure 24 — Differential Pathway Activity

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Diff Pathway
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Supplementary Tables (full dataset)

Table 1 — Top 50 Significant Interactions

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#SenderReceiverLigandReceptor p-valuePathway
{{ loop.index }} {{ row.sender_celltype }}{{ row.receiver_celltype }} {{ row.ligand }}{{ row.receptor }} {{ "%.2e"|format(row['p-value']) }} {{ row.classification }}

Table 2 — Interaction Count per Cell-Type Pair

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SenderReceiverN interactions
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Methods

Cell–cell communication inference. FastCCC (Hou et al., Nat. Commun. 16, 11428, 2025) was used to infer significant L-R interactions via FFT-based analytical p-values and a Cauchy combination test across 16 summary-statistic/aggregation variants. Database: {{ database_name }}. Threshold: p < 0.05.

Pathway enrichment. ORA was performed with gseapy (Fang et al., 2023) against {{ gene_sets_str }}. Fisher's exact test; Benjamini–Hochberg correction; adj. p < 0.05.

Network analyses. Directed graph built with NetworkX; betweenness centrality (weighted). Alluvial/Sankey diagrams use custom matplotlib Hermite S-curve ribbon fills.

Differential analysis. Each condition was analysed independently. Differential interaction counts are raw differences (Δ = B − A). The volcano plot shows log₂ FC of CS and −log₁₀(min p-value) for L-R pairs significant in ≥1 condition.

Visualisation. All figures generated with matplotlib (Hunter, 2007) and seaborn (Waskom, 2021). Saved at {{ "300" }} DPI (PNG + SVG).

FastCCC Report Pipeline  |  Hou et al., Nat. Commun. 16, 11428 (2025)  |  github.com/Svvord/FastCCC