Sequence models for continuous cell cycle stage prediction from brightfield images
Louis-Alexandre Leger Maxine Leonardi Andrea Salati Felix Naef Martin Weigert
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Abstract
Understanding cell cycle dynamics is crucial for studying biological processes such as growth, development and disease progression. While fluorescent protein reporters like the Fucci system allow live monitoring of cell cycle phases, they require genetic engineering and occupy additional fluorescence channels, limiting broader applicability in complex experiments. In this study, we conduct a comprehensive evaluation of deep learning methods for predicting continuous Fucci signals using non-fluorescence brightfield imaging, a widely available label-free modality. To that end, we generated a large dataset of 1.3 M images of dividing RPE1 cells with full cell cycle trajectories to quantitatively compare the predictive performance of distinct model categories including single time-frame models, causal state space models and bidirectional transformer models. We show that both causal and transformer-based models significantly outperform single- and fixed frame approaches, enabling the prediction of visually imperceptible transitions like G1/S within 1h resolution. Our findings underscore the importance of sequence models for accurate predictions of cell cycle dynamics and highlight their potential for label-free imaging.引用本文复制引用
Louis-Alexandre Leger,Maxine Leonardi,Andrea Salati,Felix Naef,Martin Weigert.Sequence models for continuous cell cycle stage prediction from brightfield images[EB/OL].(2025-12-09)[2025-12-23].https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02182.学科分类
生物科学研究方法、生物科学研究技术/细胞生物学
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